OpenPond Sandboxes vs Sandbox0

OpenPond Sandboxes costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. OpenPond Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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OpenPond Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Max session
Not listed

Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

OpenPond Sandboxes
Sandbox0
vCPU, per hour
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: $0.02 per GiB-month for retained RootFS changes and memory checkpoints. Shared base images are free
Free tier
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Sandbox0: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only
Concurrent sandboxes
OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10
Sandbox0: Up to 20
Isolation
OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
BYOC
OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install
Sandbox0: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: $0.02 per GiB-month for retained RootFS changes and memory checkpoints. Shared base images are free
Free tier
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Sandbox0: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
OpenPond Sandboxes:
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
OpenPond Sandboxes:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
BYOC
OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install
Sandbox0: No

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

OpenPond Sandboxes
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.119
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.238
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.475
Sandbox0: $0.120

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

OpenPond Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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