Prime Sandboxes vs RemoteHost

Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Prime Sandboxes
RemoteHost
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Free
Paid plan from
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Prime Sandboxes: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Max session
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Largest sandbox
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Isolation
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Prime Sandboxes: Python
RemoteHost: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Prime Sandboxes: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Snapshots
Prime Sandboxes:
RemoteHost:
Pause and resume
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost:

Developer

SDKs
Prime Sandboxes: Python
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Prime Sandboxes
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180
RemoteHost: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 72 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

RemoteHost fits when

  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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