Sandbox as a Service vs Together Sandbox

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Sandbox as a Service

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

Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Sandbox as a Service
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Together Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Together Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Sandbox as a Service:
Together Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Together Sandbox:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sandbox as a Service
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180
Together Sandbox: $0.298

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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 $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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