Prized Sandboxes vs Sandock

Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 8 hours.

Updated Oct 22, 2026

Prized Sandboxes

Linux microVMs in beta that your code creates, runs commands in, pauses, forks and deletes.

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

Visit site Prized Sandboxes profile

Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 8 hours

Visit site Sandock profile

What is different

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

Field

Prized Sandboxes

Sandock

Free tier: Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Sandock: $5 / month
Max session: Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours; Sandock: 8 hours
Largest sandbox: Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB; Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20; Sandock: Up to 150
Isolation: Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; Sandock: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Prized Sandboxesprized.dev/pricing

Sandocksandock.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Prized Sandboxes: $0.04; Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125; Sandock: Not listed
Storage: Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Sandock: Not listed
Free tier: Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Sandock: $5 / month
Billing: Prized Sandboxes: Per second; Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours; Sandock: 8 hours
Idle stop: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB; Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20; Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation: Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; Sandock: Container
GPU: Prized Sandboxes: No; Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume: Prized Sandboxes:; Sandock:

Developer

SDKs: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: TypeScript
Integrations: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: MCP

Trust

License: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: MIT
BYOC: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Prized Sandboxes

Sandock

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Prized Sandboxes: $0.065; Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Prized Sandboxes: $0.130; Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Prized Sandboxes: $0.260; Sandock: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prized Sandboxes fits when

A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want to start without paying.

Sandock fits when

You want an open-source platform (MIT) that you can self-host.
You use MCP.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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