RemoteHost vs Sandbox0

Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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RemoteHost

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

Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

RemoteHost
Sandbox0
RAM, per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Included
Sandbox0: $0.015
Paid plan from
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Sandbox0: Memory only
Max session
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Sandbox0: No limit
Concurrent sandboxes
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Sandbox0: Up to 20
Isolation
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
RemoteHost: MCP
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Included
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
RemoteHost: Free
Sandbox0: Free
Free tier
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
RemoteHost:
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
RemoteHost:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
RemoteHost: MCP
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own
Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

RemoteHost
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sandbox0: $0.120

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • A session must run longer than 72 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.

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