Modal vs Together Sandbox

Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated

Modal

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

Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Modal
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Modal: $0.070956
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Modal: $0.024012
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Isolation
Modal: gVisor
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Modal: $0.070956
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Modal: $0.024012
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
Modal: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Modal: $30 credit every month
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Modal: Pay as you go
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Modal: Per second
Together Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Modal: 24 hours
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Modal: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Modal: Not listed
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Modal: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Modal: gVisor
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Modal:
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Modal:
Together Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Modal: Not listed
Together Sandbox:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Modal: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Modal: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Modal
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Modal: $0.119
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Modal: $0.238
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Modal: $0.476
Together Sandbox: $0.298

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Modal fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK or Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

More comparisons

See all comparisons

Related