PandaStack Sandbox vs Sandbox0

PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Sandbox0 runs gVisor 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

Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

PandaStack Sandbox
Sandbox0
vCPU, per hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Sandbox0: Free
Paid plan from
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Sandbox0: Memory only
Concurrent sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Sandbox0: Up to 20
Isolation
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Sandbox0: Free
Free tier
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
PandaStack Sandbox:
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
PandaStack Sandbox:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC
Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

PandaStack Sandbox
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346
Sandbox0: $0.120

Compute only, at list rates.

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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 use the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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