Self-hosted OpenPond Sandboxes alternatives
20 self-hosted sandbox providers you can use instead of OpenPond Sandboxes. StateSet Sandbox has the lowest hourly price, $0.014 for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB. Orgo, Beam Sandboxes and Unikraft Cloud offer GPUs.
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OpenPond Sandboxes, for reference
OpenPond SandboxesIsolated cloud sandboxes for agent work, controlled from a TypeScript SDK.
IsolationFirecracker
2 vCPU · 4 GiB$0.238 / hr
Free tierFree plan
Max sessionNot listed
20 self-hosted alternatives to OpenPond Sandboxes
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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
Orgo
Cloud Linux and Windows desktops that AI agents control by API or MCP.GPUNo session limitDesktop$0.060per hour
Vers
Linux computers you can branch, checkpoint, and restore.Full VMLower vCPU priceCommits and checkpoints$0.080per hour
Novita Sandbox
Cloud sandboxes for AI agents to run code and browsers.DesktopLower vCPU priceKeeps filesystem and memory. v2 region only$0.117per hour
Collimate
Live-fork microVM sandboxes for RL post-training and coding agents.FirecrackerLower vCPU price$0.128per hour
Everstack
Open-source platform that runs isolated sandboxes for AI agents.DesktopLower vCPU priceSnapshots and templates$0.133per hour
$0.150per hour
BoxLite Cloud
Hosted microVM boxes for AI agents, with an SDK.MicroVMLower vCPU priceDisabled on Cloud$0.158per hour
microsandbox cloud
Hosted microVM sandboxes for AI agents and untrusted code.MicroVMLower vCPU priceDisk only, from stopped persistent sandboxes$0.165per hour
Smol Machines
Hosted Linux microVMs with their own kernel, for agents and untrusted code.Bills active CPU onlyMicroVMLower vCPU price$0.165per hour
E2B
Open-source sandbox platform that gives AI agents isolated machines.DesktopFirecrackerLower vCPU price$0.166per hour
$0.166per hour
$0.166per hour
PandaStack Sandbox
Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.Bills active CPU onlyNo session limitFirecracker$0.173per hour
LangSmith Sandboxes
Isolated sandboxes for running agent-generated code.FirecrackerLower vCPU priceFrom Docker images or running sandboxes$0.189per hour
$0.200per hour
Beam Sandboxes
Isolated, secure environments for running untrusted code at scale.GPUNo session limitContainer$0.227per hour
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OpenPond Sandboxes first, then the 20 alternatives
Provider
Isolation
vCPU / hr
GiB / hr
Free tier
Max session
GPU
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.072
- Free tier
- Free plan
- Isolation
- gVisor
- vCPU / hr
- $0.006
- Free tier
- $25 credit
- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.030
- Free tier
- $5 credit
- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.040
- Free tier
- Starting credit
- Isolation
- Not listed
- vCPU / hr
- $0.035
- Free tier
- $100 credit
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.040
- Free tier
- Free demo
- Isolation
- Not listed
- vCPU / hr
- $0.067
- Free tier
- $5 credit
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.047
- Free tier
- $30 credit
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $100 credit
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- Free plan
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $100 credit
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $100 credit
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- Free during public preview
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.054
- Free tier
- $5.40 / month
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.058
- Free tier
- 8 LSU a month
- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.100
- Free tier
- $5 credit
- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- $0.068
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- None
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- Hobby plan, free forever
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