PandaStack Sandbox vs Sandock

PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Sandock runs containers 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

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

PandaStack Sandbox
Sandock
Free tier
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Sandock: $5 / month
Max session
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Sandock: Up to 150
Isolation
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sandock: Container
SDKs
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Sandock: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sandock: Container
GPU
PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots
PandaStack Sandbox:
Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume
PandaStack Sandbox:
Sandock:

Developer

SDKs
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Sandock: MCP

Trust

License
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
Sandock: Not listed
BYOC
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

PandaStack Sandbox
Sandock
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346
Sandock: Not listed

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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 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 or the Vercel AI SDK.

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