Self-hosted Sailboxes alternatives
14 self-hosted sandbox providers you can use instead of Sailboxes. Containarium Cloud has the lowest hourly price, $0.040 for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
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Sailboxes, for reference
SailboxesPersistent Linux VMs for long-horizon AI agents.
IsolationFull VM
2 vCPU · 4 GiB$0.062 / hr
Free tier$5 credit each month
Max sessionNo limit
14 self-hosted alternatives to Sailboxes
Sorted by hourly price for 2 vCPU · 4 GiB, low to high
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microsandbox cloud
Hosted microVM sandboxes for AI agents and untrusted code.MicroVMDisk only, from stopped persistent sandboxesFree plan, 5 computer-hours a month$0.165per hour
$0.166per hour
$0.166per hour
$0.166per hour
$0.166per hour
PandaStack Sandbox
Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.Bills active CPU onlyFirecracker$5.40 usage credit every month$0.173per hour
LangSmith Sandboxes
Isolated sandboxes for running agent-generated code.FirecrackerFrom Docker images or running sandboxes4 regions$0.189per hour
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Linux computers you can branch, checkpoint, and restore.Full VMCommits and checkpointsStarting creditNot listedper hour
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Provider
Isolation
vCPU / hr
GiB / hr
Free tier
Max session
GPU
- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.015
- Free tier
- $5 credit each month
- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- $0.020
- Free tier
- Free tier
- Isolation
- gVisor
- vCPU / hr
- Included
- Free tier
- Not listed
- 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
- Firecracker
- 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
- Not listed
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.054
- Free tier
- $5.40 / month
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.058
- Free tier
- 8 LSU a month
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- None
- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.040
- Free tier
- Starting credit