Sandbox as a Service vs Sandbox0

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

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.

Sandbox as a Service
Sandbox0
vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Sandbox0: $0.015
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Sandbox0: Memory only
Max session
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Sandbox0: No limit
Isolation
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Sandbox as a Service: MCP
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Sandbox0: Free
Free tier
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
Sandbox as a Service:
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Sandbox as a Service: MCP
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sandbox as a Service
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180
Sandbox0: $0.120

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • 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 $0.090 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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