Modal vs Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Qiniu Cloud Sandbox limits a session to 1 hour.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Modal

Serverless compute with sandboxes and GPUs.

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

Visit site Modal profile

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Sandbox service with an E2B-compatible API that runs AI agent code in isolated cloud environments.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 1 hour

Visit site Qiniu Cloud Sandbox profile

What is different

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

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Modal

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Max session: Modal: 24 hours; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 1 hour
SDKs: Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Modalmodal.com/pricing

Qiniu Cloud Sandboxdeveloper.qiniu.com/las/13281/sandbox-overviewdeveloper.qiniu.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Modal: $0.070956; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Modal: $0.024012; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: Modal: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Free
Free tier: Modal: $30 credit every month; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Modal: Pay as you go; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: Modal: Per second; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: Modal: 24 hours; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 1 hour
Idle stop: Modal: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Modal: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Modal: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Modal: gVisor; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
GPU: Modal:; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Modal:; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Modal: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Go
Integrations: Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: Modal: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Modal: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Modal

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Modal: $0.119; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Modal: $0.238; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Modal: $0.476; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Modal fits when

You need GPUs.
A session must run longer than 1 hour.
You use the Claude Agent SDK or Claude Code.
You need snapshots.

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox fits when

You need pause and resume.

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