RemoteHost vs Sendblue Sandboxes

Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers.

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RemoteHost

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

Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

RemoteHost
Sendblue Sandboxes
Free tier
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Largest sandbox
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5
Isolation
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
Pause and resume
RemoteHost:
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Included
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Storage
RemoteHost: Free
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Paid plan from
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
GPU
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
RemoteHost:
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
RemoteHost:
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Developer

SDKs
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
RemoteHost: MCP, Claude Code
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

RemoteHost
Sendblue Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660

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 or Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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