Sandbox as a Service vs Sendblue Sandboxes

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers.

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Sandbox as a Service

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

Sandbox as a Service
Sendblue Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
Free tier
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Largest sandbox
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5
Isolation
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Paid plan from
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
GPU
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Sandbox as a Service:
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Developer

SDKs
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Sandbox as a Service: MCP
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sandbox as a Service
Sendblue Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660

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.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.330 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

Sendblue Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $5.

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