Shellbox vs Together Sandbox

Shellbox costs $0.01 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. Shellbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Shellbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Shellbox
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Shellbox: $0.01
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Shellbox: Included
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Largest sandbox
Shellbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Pause and resume
Shellbox:
Together Sandbox: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Shellbox: $0.01
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Shellbox: Included
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
Shellbox: A stopped box costs $0.50 per x1 slot per month
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Shellbox: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Shellbox: Pay as you go
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Shellbox: Bundled machine time
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Shellbox: No limit
Together Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Shellbox: After 2 minutes
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Shellbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Shellbox: Up to 16
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Shellbox: Firecracker microVM
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Shellbox: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Shellbox:
Together Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Shellbox:
Together Sandbox: No

Developer

SDKs
Shellbox: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Shellbox: Claude Code
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Shellbox: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Shellbox: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Shellbox
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Shellbox: $0.010
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Shellbox: $0.020
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shellbox: $0.040
Together Sandbox: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Shellbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.020 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

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