PandaStack Sandbox vs Together Sandbox

PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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PandaStack Sandbox

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

Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

PandaStack Sandbox
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Billing
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Together Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Together Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

PandaStack Sandbox
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346
Together Sandbox: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

  • 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 the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 64 GiB.

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