Sandbox0 vs Vercel Sandbox

Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Vercel Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
5 CPU-hours every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Sandbox0
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Sandbox0: Included
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: $0.015
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Sandbox0: Free
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Paid plan from
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Sandbox0: Memory only
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Max session
Sandbox0: No limit
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox0: Up to 20
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000
Isolation
Sandbox0: gVisor
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sandbox0: Included
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: $0.015
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Sandbox0: Free
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Sandbox0: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Sandbox0: Memory only
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Sandbox0: No limit
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Sandbox0: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sandbox0: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox0: Up to 20
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

Isolation
Sandbox0: gVisor
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Sandbox0: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Sandbox0:
Vercel Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Sandbox0:
Vercel Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License
Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Sandbox0: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sandbox0
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sandbox0: $0.030
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandbox0: $0.060
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox0: $0.120
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandbox0 fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or Claude Code.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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