Prime Sandboxes vs Sailboxes

Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Prime Sandboxes
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Concurrent sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Isolation
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Prime Sandboxes: Per second
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
GPU
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Prime Sandboxes:
Sailboxes:
Pause and resume
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Prime Sandboxes
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180
Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.090 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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