PandaStack Sandbox vs Prized Sandboxes

PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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PandaStack Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5.40 usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

PandaStack Sandbox
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Prized Sandboxes: Per second
Max session
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: No
Snapshots
PandaStack Sandbox:
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
PandaStack Sandbox:
Prized Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

PandaStack Sandbox
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.130 against $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $30 against $5.40.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 64 GiB.

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