Modal vs Novita Sandbox

Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.

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Modal

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$30 credit every month
Max session
24 hours

Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

4 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Modal
Novita Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Modal: $0.070956
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Modal: $0.024012
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Free tier
Modal: $30 credit every month
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
SDKs
Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Modal: $0.070956
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Modal: $0.024012
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
Modal: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
Modal: $30 credit every month
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
Modal: Pay as you go
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Modal: Per second
Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Modal: 24 hours
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Modal: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Modal: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Modal: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Modal: gVisor
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU
Modal:
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Modal:
Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Modal: Not listed
Novita Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Modal: Claude Agent SDK
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Modal: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Modal: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Modal
Novita Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Modal: $0.119
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Modal: $0.238
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Modal: $0.476
Novita Sandbox: $0.233

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Modal fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $30.
  • You need pause and resume.

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