RemoteHost vs Sailboxes

Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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RemoteHost

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

Sailboxes

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

What is different

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

RemoteHost
Sailboxes
RAM, per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Included
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
RemoteHost: Free
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Sailboxes: Per second
Max session
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Sailboxes: No limit
Concurrent sandboxes
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Isolation
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Included
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
RemoteHost: Free
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
GPU
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
RemoteHost:
Sailboxes:
Pause and resume
RemoteHost:
Sailboxes:

Developer

SDKs
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
RemoteHost: MCP
Sailboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

RemoteHost
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

RemoteHost fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Sailboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 72 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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