Novita Sandbox vs Sailboxes

Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Novita Sandbox

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

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Novita Sandbox
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Max session
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Sailboxes: No limit
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Full VM
GPU
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
Sailboxes:
Pause and resume
Novita Sandbox:
Sailboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code
Sailboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Novita Sandbox
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.233
Sailboxes: $0.124

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $5.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Sailboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.117 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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