Sandbox as a Service vs Solari

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Solari costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Solari runs Cloud Hypervisor microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Sandbox as a Service

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

Solari

Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Free tier
$3 credit every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Sandbox as a Service
Solari
vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Solari: $0.0165
Free tier
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Solari: $20 / month
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Solari: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Solari: Up to 10
Isolation
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
SDKs
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Sandbox as a Service: MCP
Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Solari: $20 / month
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Solari: Per second

Limits

Max session
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Solari: 24 hours
Idle stop
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Solari: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
GPU
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
Snapshots
Sandbox as a Service:
Solari:
Pause and resume
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Solari:

Developer

SDKs
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Sandbox as a Service: MCP
Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
BYOC
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Solari: Enterprise plan, in your own VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sandbox as a Service
Solari
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Solari: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
Solari: $0.171
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180
Solari: $0.342

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.171 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5 against $3.

Solari fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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