Novita Sandbox vs Sandbox as a Service

Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour and Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Novita Sandbox

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

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Novita Sandbox
Sandbox as a Service
vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
Novita Sandbox:
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Novita Sandbox
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.233
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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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 pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.117 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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