Prime Sandboxes vs Prized Sandboxes

Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Prized Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Prime Sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Max session
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20
Isolation
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Prime Sandboxes: Per second
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: No
Snapshots
Prime Sandboxes:
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Prime Sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.130 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 64 GiB.

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