Novita Sandbox vs Thunder Sandboxes

Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Novita Sandbox

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

Thunder Sandboxes

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.

Novita Sandbox
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Novita Sandbox:
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Novita Sandbox
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.233
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.

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