Sandock vs Thunder Sandboxes

Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Sandock
Thunder Sandboxes
Isolation
Sandock: Container
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sandock: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandock: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Sandock: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Sandock: None
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Sandock: $5 / month
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Sandock: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Sandock: 24 hours
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandock: Up to 150
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Sandock: Container
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Sandock: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Sandock: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Sandock:
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
Sandock: MCP
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Sandock: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sandock
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sandock: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandock: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandock: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandock fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

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