Sandock vs Vercel Sandbox

Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

Vercel Sandbox

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

What is different

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

Sandock
Vercel Sandbox
Free tier
Sandock: None
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Sandock: $5 / month
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Largest sandbox
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandock: Up to 150
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000
Isolation
Sandock: Container
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Sandock: MCP
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sandock: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandock: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Sandock: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Sandock: None
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Sandock: $5 / month
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Sandock: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Sandock: 24 hours
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandock: Up to 150
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

Isolation
Sandock: Container
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Sandock: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Sandock: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Sandock:
Vercel Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Sandock: MCP
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
Sandock: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sandock
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sandock: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandock: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandock: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandock fits when

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

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need snapshots.

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