StateSet Sandbox vs Vercel Sandbox

StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

Vercel Sandbox

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

What is different

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

StateSet Sandbox
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Free tier
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Concurrent sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000
Isolation
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Integrations
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Snapshots $0.08 per GB-month. Drives $0.05 per GB-month in iad1, plus reads and writes. Hobby includes 15 GB of each.
Free tier
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

StateSet Sandbox
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 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, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and GDPR.

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