Sailboxes vs Sandbox0

Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Sailboxes

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

Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Sailboxes
Sandbox0
vCPU, per hour
Sailboxes: $0.015
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.008
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: Free
Billing
Sailboxes: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only
Concurrent sandboxes
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Sandbox0: Up to 20
Isolation
Sailboxes: Full VM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sailboxes: $0.015
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.008
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: Free
Free tier
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
Sailboxes: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Sailboxes: No limit
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
Sailboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sailboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Sailboxes: Full VM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
Sailboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
Sailboxes:
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
Sailboxes:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Sailboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Sailboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Sailboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sailboxes
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sailboxes: $0.031
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sailboxes: $0.062
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sailboxes: $0.124
Sandbox0: $0.120

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.062 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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