Lower-priced Buddy Sandboxes alternatives

21 lower-priced sandbox providers you can use instead of Buddy Sandboxes. Agent37 Cloud has the lowest hourly price, $0.006 for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB. Hugging Face Sandboxes, Koyeb Sandboxes, tama, Orgo and Northflank Sandboxes offer GPUs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

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Buddy Sandboxes, for reference

Buddy SandboxesPersistent Linux VMs that AI agents create and control through an API, SDK, CLI or MCP.

IsolationFull VM

2 vCPU · 4 GiB$0.086 / hr

Free tier$1 / mo

Max sessionNo limit

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21 lower-priced alternatives to Buddy Sandboxes

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Agent37 Cloud
Persistent Linux sandboxes and VMs for code and agents.Lowest hourly priceDesktopgVisor
$0.006per hour
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Hugging Face Sandboxes
Isolated cloud machines for running AI-generated code.GPUFull VMLower vCPU price
$0.010per hour
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Krova Cloud
Firecracker microVMs with root access, billed by the minute.FirecrackerLower vCPU priceAutomatic snapshots on a tier schedule, plus manual ones
$0.012per hour
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Zipbox
Long-lived Firecracker microVMs for AI agents, each with its own desktop.DesktopFirecrackerLower vCPU price
$0.014per hour
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StateSet Sandbox
Sandboxes for AI agents, one Kubernetes pod each, with gVisor isolation.gVisorLower vCPU priceCheckpoints save and restore sandbox state
$0.014per hour
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Lizard Sandboxes
Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.DesktopFirecrackerLower vCPU price
$0.016per hour
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boat
Persistent Ubuntu VMs with SSH, Docker and a desktop.DesktopFull VMLower vCPU price
$0.018per hour
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Shellbox
Linux microVMs for developers and AI agents, made and controlled over SSH.FirecrackerLower vCPU priceDuplicate copies a stopped box with its memory snapshot
$0.020per hour
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Koyeb Sandboxes
Sandboxes for AI agents, run as Koyeb Instances.GPUMicroVMSOC 2
$0.029per hour
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Celesto Cloud
Cloud computers for AI agents, each in a microVM.DesktopMicroVMSnapshot and resume keep processes intact
$0.030per hour
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tama
Linux VMs with GPUs, billed by the second.GPUDesktopFull VM
$0.045per hour
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Mosaic Sandbox
Linux microVM sandboxes for coding agents.FirecrackerRestore sandboxes from a saved snapshot.2 regions
$0.050per hour
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Bunny Sandbox
Isolated cloud sandboxes for AI agents, run on gVisor.Bills active CPU onlygVisorLower RAM price
$0.060per hour
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Orgo
Cloud Linux and Windows desktops that AI agents control by API or MCP.GPUDesktopFull VM
$0.060per hour
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Sandbox0
Long-running agent sandboxes with durable storage.Bills on memory onlygVisor$5 credit, one time
$0.060per hour
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Sailboxes
Persistent Linux VMs for long-horizon AI agents.Full VMLower RAM price$5 credit every month
$0.062per hour
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Northflank Sandboxes
MicroVM sandboxes for running untrusted code.GPUCloud HypervisorLower RAM price
$0.067per hour
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Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox
Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agents, with E2B SDK support.DesktopMicroVMLower RAM price
$0.071per hour
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DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Lightweight virtual machines that run a container image in their own kernel and pause when idle.FirecrackerLower RAM priceCheckpoints save memory and disk
$0.078per hour
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Runtime
Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents, billed on the CPU that code uses.Bills active CPU onlyDesktopFirecracker
$0.080per hour
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Vers
Linux computers you can branch, checkpoint, and restore.Full VMCommits and checkpointsStarting credit
$0.080per hour
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Buddy Sandboxes first, then the 21 alternatives

Provider

Isolation

vCPU / hr

GiB / hr

Free tier

Max session

GPU

Buddy Sandboxes
Isolation
Full VM
vCPU / hr
$0.014
GiB / hr
$0.014
Free tier
$1 / mo
Max session
No limit
GPU
Not listed
Agent37 Cloud
Isolation
gVisor
vCPU / hr
$0.001
GiB / hr
$0.001
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
No limit
GPU
Not listed
Hugging Face Sandboxes
Isolation
Full VM
vCPU / hr
$0.005
GiB / hr
Included
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours
GPU
Krova Cloud
Isolation
Firecracker
vCPU / hr
$0.001
GiB / hr
$0.003
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
No limit
GPU
Not listed
Zipbox
Isolation
Firecracker
vCPU / hr
$0.007
GiB / hr
Included
Free tier
$25 credit
Max session
No limit
GPU
Not listed
StateSet Sandbox
Isolation
gVisor
vCPU / hr
$0.006
GiB / hr
$0.001
Free tier
$25 credit
Max session
24 hours
GPU
Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes
Isolation
Firecracker
vCPU / hr
$0.008
GiB / hr
Included
Free tier
7-day trial
Max session
No limit
GPU
Not listed
boat
Isolation
Full VM
vCPU / hr
$0.009
GiB / hr
Included
Free tier
7-day free trial with 25 hours of compute
Max session
No limit
GPU
No
Shellbox
Isolation
Firecracker
vCPU / hr
$0.010
GiB / hr
Included
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit
GPU
Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes
Isolation
MicroVM
vCPU / hr
$0.014
GiB / hr
Included
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed
GPU
Celesto Cloud
Isolation
MicroVM
vCPU / hr
$0.015
GiB / hr
Included
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
Not listed
GPU
Not listed
tama
Isolation
Full VM
vCPU / hr
$0.012
GiB / hr
$0.006
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed
GPU
Mosaic Sandbox
Isolation
Firecracker
vCPU / hr
$0.025
GiB / hr
Included
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed
GPU
No
Bunny Sandbox
Isolation
gVisor
vCPU / hr
$0.020
GiB / hr
$0.005
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit
GPU
Not listed
Orgo
Isolation
Full VM
vCPU / hr
$0.030
GiB / hr
Included
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
No limit
GPU
Sandbox0
Isolation
gVisor
vCPU / hr
Included
GiB / hr
$0.015
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
No limit
GPU
Not listed
Sailboxes
Isolation
Full VM
vCPU / hr
$0.015
GiB / hr
$0.008
Free tier
$5 credit each month
Max session
No limit
GPU
Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes
Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor
vCPU / hr
$0.017
GiB / hr
$0.008
Free tier
Free plan
Max session
No limit
GPU
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox
Isolation
MicroVM
vCPU / hr
$0.018
GiB / hr
$0.009
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours
GPU
No
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Isolation
Firecracker
vCPU / hr
$0.022
GiB / hr
$0.009
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed
GPU
Not listed
Runtime
Isolation
Firecracker
vCPU / hr
$0.025
GiB / hr
$0.008
Free tier
100 free hours
Max session
No limit
GPU
No
Vers
Isolation
Full VM
vCPU / hr
$0.040
GiB / hr
Included
Free tier
Starting credit
Max session
Not listed
GPU
Not listed

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