Superserve vs Vercel Sandbox

Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
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

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

Superserve
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Superserve: $0.0504
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.0162
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Paid plan from
Superserve: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Superserve: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Max session
Superserve: No limit
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
SDKs
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
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
Superserve: $0.0504
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.0162
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Superserve: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Superserve: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Superserve: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Superserve: No limit
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Superserve: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Superserve: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Superserve: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Superserve:
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Superserve
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Superserve: $0.083
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Superserve: $0.166
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Superserve: $0.331
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Superserve fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You use the Vercel AI SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 2 GiB.

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