Together Sandbox vs Zipbox

Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour and Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
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

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

Together Sandbox
Zipbox
vCPU, per hour
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Zipbox: Included
Largest sandbox
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Snapshots
Together Sandbox:
Zipbox: No
SDKs
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Together Sandbox: No limit
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Together Sandbox
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Together Sandbox: $0.074
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Together Sandbox: $0.149
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Together Sandbox: $0.298
Zipbox: $0.027

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 6 vCPU · 16 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

Zipbox fits when

  • You use MCP, Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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