Sandboxes with a free tier
48 sandbox providers listed here have a free tier or free credits, including Agent37 Cloud, Lizard Sandboxes and boat. Prices start at $0.001 per vCPU-hour.
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What a free tier is
A free tier lets you run sandboxes before you pay. Providers do this in different ways: a one-time credit, a credit every month, free usage every month, a free plan or a trial.
Providers that have a free tier or free credits48 providers
Provider
Isolation
vCPU / hrsorted, low to high
GiB / hr
Free tier
Max session
GPU
Agent37 CloudPersistent Linux sandboxes and VMs for code and agents.- Isolation
- gVisor
- vCPU / hr
- $0.001
- Free tier
- $5 credit
Lizard SandboxesFirecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.008
- Free tier
- 7-day trial
boatPersistent Ubuntu VMs with SSH, Docker and a desktop.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.009
- Free tier
- Free trial with 25 hours
Celesto CloudCloud computers for AI agents, each in a microVM.- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.015
- Free tier
- $5 credit
SailboxesPersistent Linux VMs for long-horizon AI agents.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.015
- Free tier
- $5 credit each month
IsorunIsolated Linux microVMs from any Docker image.- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.025
- Free tier
- $50 credit
AgentBayCloud sandboxes for browser, desktop, mobile and code.- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- $0.027
- Free tier
- Free Basic plan
Oblien WorkspaceHosted microVM workspaces for AI agents.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.030
- Free tier
- Free tier, no credit card
Novita SandboxCloud sandboxes for AI agents to run code and browsers.- Isolation
- Not listed
- vCPU / hr
- $0.035
- Free tier
- $100 credit
CreateOS SandboxHosted Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.036
- Free tier
- 500 free credits
Fly.io SpritesPersistent Linux computers that sleep when idle.- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.039
- Free tier
- $30 trial credit
VersLinux computers you can branch, checkpoint, and restore.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.040
- Free tier
- Starting credit
Freestyle VMsFull Linux virtual machines for AI agents.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.040
- Free tier
- Free plan
Hyperbrowser SandboxesIsolated cloud VMs that run commands for AI agents.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.045
- Free tier
- 5,000 credits
Sandbox as a ServiceDedicated virtual machine sandboxes for AI agents.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.045
- Free tier
- $5 credit
Dedalus MachinesLinux virtual machines for AI agents that sleep when idle.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.045
- Free tier
- $20 credit
boxdPersistent Linux machines for devs and AI agents.- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.047
- Free tier
- $30 credit
BoxLite CloudHosted microVM boxes for AI agents, with an SDK.- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $100 credit
DaytonaStateful sandboxes that boot from OCI-compliant images.- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $200 credit
DeclawFirecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $100 credit
E2BOpen-source sandboxes for AI-generated code.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $100 credit
HopXFirecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $200 credit
InstaVMHardware-isolated microVMs for AI agent code.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $50 credit
Leap0Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI-generated code.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- Free during public preview
RuntaIsolated computers where AI agents work and keep state.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $50 credit
Tenki SandboxDisposable Linux VMs for AI agents, driven by SDK or CLI.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $100 credit
exe.devDisposable VMs for AI agents, billed by the second.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.053
- Free tier
- 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
PandaStack SandboxFirecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.054
- Free tier
- $5.40 / month
LangSmith SandboxesIsolated sandboxes for running agent-generated code.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.058
- Free tier
- 8 LSU a month
CagedIsolated microVM sandboxes that record every agent action.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.060
- Free tier
- Free plan
Railway SandboxesIsolated Linux VMs you create on demand and destroy.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.069
- Free tier
- $5 credit
Docker SandboxesCloud microVM sandboxes for coding agents, run by Docker.- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.070
- Free tier
- One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Islo SandboxesPersistent microVM computers for coding agents.- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.070
- Free tier
- Credits to start
Tensorlake SandboxesMicroVM sandboxes for AI agents and AI-generated code.- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.070
- Free tier
- Free plan, $0 forever
ModalServerless compute with sandboxes and GPUs.- Isolation
- gVisor
- vCPU / hr
- $0.071
- Free tier
- $30 / month
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code ExecutionManaged sandboxes that run code for AI agents.- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- $0.085
- Free tier
- 50 vCPU-hours and 100 GiB-hours free per month
BoxComputeLinux VM sandboxes for AI agents, hosted in Malaysia.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.100
- Free tier
- $10 credit
Upstash BoxIsolated cloud containers that give AI agents a computer.- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- $0.100
- Free tier
- 5 CPU hours per month
RunloopDevboxes built for coding agents.- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.108
- Free tier
- $50 credit
Vercel SandboxIsolated Linux microVMs for running untrusted code.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.128
- Free tier
- 5 CPU-hrs / mo
Agent SandboxHosted API that runs Python and shell code for AI agents.- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- $10 credit
BlaxelSandboxes that pause when idle and resume with state.- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- Included
- Free tier
- Credit of up to $200
boxes.devCloud computers for Claude Code and Codex.- Isolation
- Not listed
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- 20 free hours
Containarium CloudHosted Linux boxes for AI agents, reached over SSH.- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- Free tier
MaritimeHosting for persistent AI agents, each in its own micro-VM.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- 3 agents, forever
Namespace DevboxesDev environments for AI coding agents.- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- 30-day free trial
RemoteHostPersistent, hardware-isolated microVMs for coding agents.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- 7-day trial
Unikraft CloudMicroVM sandboxes that start in under 10 ms.- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- Hobby plan, free forever
Hourly cost
2 vCPU · 4 GiBOne sandbox with 2 vCPU and 4 GiB of RAM for one hour, at list price.
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Other features
Providers listed for each feature
9
providers
GPU
A graphics card next to the CPU and memory.
53
providers
Snapshots
A saved copy of a sandbox that you can restore.
54
providers
Pause and resume
Stop a sandbox and start it later with its files.
31
providers
Desktop
A graphical desktop that an agent can see and control.
14
providers
Self-hosted
The platform runs on servers that you manage.
7
providers
Open source
The source code of the platform is public.
24
providers
BYOC
Sandboxes run inside your own cloud account.