Sailboxes vs Unikraft Cloud

Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Unikraft Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Sailboxes

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

Unikraft Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Hobby plan, free forever
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Sailboxes
Unikraft Cloud
Free tier
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24
Isolation
Sailboxes: Full VM
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sailboxes: $0.015
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.008
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Storage
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Free tier
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Billing
Sailboxes: Per second
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Sailboxes: No limit
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Sailboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sailboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Sailboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
Sailboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
Sailboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need SOC 2.

Unikraft Cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

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