PandaStack Sandbox vs Sailboxes

PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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PandaStack Sandbox

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

Sailboxes

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

What is different

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

PandaStack Sandbox
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Sailboxes: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Isolation
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
GPU
PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
PandaStack Sandbox:
Sailboxes:
Pause and resume
PandaStack Sandbox:
Sailboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

PandaStack Sandbox
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346
Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • 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 want the larger free credit: $5.40 against $5.

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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