Nebius Sandboxes vs Zipbox

Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Nebius Sandboxes runs microVMs. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Nebius Sandboxes

Sandboxes for AI agents that branch from any checkpoint.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Nebius Sandboxes profile

Zipbox

Long-lived Firecracker microVMs for AI agents, each with its own desktop.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session: No limit

Visit site Zipbox profile

What is different

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

Field

Nebius Sandboxes

Zipbox

Isolation: Nebius Sandboxes: MicroVM; Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
Snapshots: Nebius Sandboxes:; Zipbox: No
SDKs: Nebius Sandboxes: Python; Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations: Nebius Sandboxes: LangChain, MCP; Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Nebius Sandboxescontree.dev

Zipboxzipbox.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: Included
Storage: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: Free
Free tier: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Nebius Sandboxes: Up to 50; Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Nebius Sandboxes: MicroVM; Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Nebius Sandboxes:; Zipbox: No
Pause and resume: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs: Nebius Sandboxes: Python; Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations: Nebius Sandboxes: LangChain, MCP; Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Nebius Sandboxes

Zipbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed; Zipbox: $0.027

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Nebius Sandboxes fits when

You need snapshots.
You need SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and GDPR.

Zipbox fits when

You use Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

More comparisons

See all comparisons

Nebius Sandboxes

Zipbox

What is different

Full comparison

Pricing

Limits

Platform

Developer

Trust

Hourly cost

Which one fits

Nebius Sandboxes fits when

Zipbox fits when

More comparisons

Related

Compare

Pricing

Browse