Superserve vs Zipbox

Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
Max session
No limit

Zipbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Superserve
Zipbox
vCPU, per hour
Superserve: $0.0504
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.0162
Zipbox: Included
Free tier
Superserve: $5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Billing
Superserve: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Superserve: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Snapshots
Superserve:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Superserve:
Zipbox: No
SDKs
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Superserve: $0.0504
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.0162
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Superserve: Free
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Superserve: $5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Superserve: Pay as you go
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Superserve: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Superserve: No limit
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
Superserve: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Superserve: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Superserve: Up to 1,000
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Superserve: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Superserve:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Superserve:
Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License
Superserve: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC
Superserve: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account. Enterprise plan.
Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Superserve
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Superserve: $0.083
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Superserve: $0.166
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Superserve: $0.331
Zipbox: $0.027

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Superserve fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 6 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Zipbox fits when

  • You use the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $25 against $5.

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