Modal vs Sendblue Sandboxes

Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour and Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers.

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Modal

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

Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Modal
Sendblue Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Modal: $0.070956
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
Modal: $0.024012
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Free tier
Modal: $30 credit every month
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Billing
Modal: Per second
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Modal: gVisor
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Modal: $0.070956
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
Modal: $0.024012
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Modal: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Modal: $30 credit every month
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Paid plan from
Modal: Pay as you go
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Modal: Per second
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Modal: 24 hours
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Modal: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Modal: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Modal: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Modal: gVisor
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
GPU
Modal:
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Modal:
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Modal: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Developer

SDKs
Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Modal: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Modal: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Modal
Sendblue Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Modal: $0.119
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Modal: $0.238
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Modal: $0.476
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Modal fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.238 against $0.330 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

Sendblue Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $30.

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