Sailboxes vs StateSet Sandbox

Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Sailboxes

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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Sailboxes
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Sailboxes: $0.015
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.008
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Max session
Sailboxes: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation
Sailboxes: Full VM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Sailboxes: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sailboxes: $0.015
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.008
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Sailboxes: Per second
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Sailboxes: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Sailboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sailboxes: 8 vCPU · 256 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Sailboxes: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Sailboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Sailboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sailboxes
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sailboxes: $0.031
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sailboxes: $0.062
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sailboxes: $0.124
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sailboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.062 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $25 against $5.

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