Qiniu Cloud Sandbox vs Shellbox

Shellbox costs $0.01 per vCPU-hour. Qiniu Cloud Sandbox limits a session to 1 hour. Shellbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
1 hour

Shellbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox
Shellbox
Storage
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Free
Shellbox: A stopped box costs $0.50 per x1 slot per month
Billing
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Per second
Shellbox: Bundled machine time
Max session
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 1 hour
Shellbox: No limit
Largest sandbox
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shellbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: $0.01
RAM, per GiB-hour
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: Included
Storage
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Free
Shellbox: A stopped box costs $0.50 per x1 slot per month
Free tier
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Per second
Shellbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 1 hour
Shellbox: No limit
Idle stop
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: After 2 minutes
Largest sandbox
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shellbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: Up to 16

Platform

Isolation
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox:
Pause and resume
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox:
Shellbox:

Developer

SDKs
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Shellbox: Not listed
Integrations
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: Claude Code

Trust

License
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: Not listed
BYOC
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox
Shellbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: $0.010
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: $0.020
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shellbox: $0.040

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox fits when

  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Shellbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 1 hour.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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