Plate 2 · Agent sandboxes
MicroVM agent sandboxes: prices at 2 vCPU / 4 GB (Nov 2026)
Each sandbox is a Firecracker, Cloud Hypervisor or Kata microVM. 11 providers: one busy 1-hour session at 2 vCPU / 4 GB costs ≥ $0.0162 (Lizard) to ≥ $0.341 (Vercel Sandbox).
| Provider | 1 h busy | Pay | Starts | Caveats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
LizardSmall (2 vCPU / 4 GB)
Plan from $19/mo · fleet ≥ $142.56 · 20 at once · starts 24/min · 120/h · 400/day then refused
Not published: minimum
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≥ $0.0162[1] | Plan from $19/mo | 24/min · 120/h · 400/daythen refused |
Not published: minimum
|
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Plan from $20/mo · fleet ≥ $149.60 · 100 at once · starts 10/min then refused
Not published: minimum
|
≥ $0.017[2] | Plan from $20/mo | 10/minthen refused |
Not published: minimum
|
Northflank2 vCPU / 4 GB
Pay as you go · fleet ≥ $586.61 · 500 at once
Not published: minimum
|
≥ $0.0667[3] | Pay as you go | ? |
Not published: minimum
|
exe.dev2 vCPU / 4 GiB (2 vCPU / 4 GB)
Pay as you go, $15/mo min · fleet $939.00 · 50 at once
|
$0.105[4] | Pay as you go, $15/mo min | ? |
|
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Pay as you go · fleet ≥ $1,448 · starts 10/min then refused
Active-CPU billing
Not published: rounding, minimum
|
≥ $0.164[5] | Pay as you go | 10/minthen refused |
Active-CPU billing
Not published: rounding, minimum
|
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Prepaid credit · fleet not on published plans · 10 at once
Not published: minimum
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≥ $0.166[6] | Prepaid credit | ? |
Not published: minimum
|
E2B2 vCPU / 4 GB
Pay as you go · fleet ≥ $1,607 · 20 at once · starts 60/min then refused
Max session 1 h
Not published: minimum
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≥ $0.166[7] | Pay as you go | 60/minthen refused |
Max session 1 h
Not published: minimum
|
Cloudflare Sandbox2 vCPU / 4 GB
Pay as you go, $5/mo min · fleet ≥ $1,589
Active-CPU billing
Not published: rounding, minimum
|
≥ $0.18[8] | Pay as you go, $5/mo min | ? |
Active-CPU billing
Not published: rounding, minimum
|
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Prepaid credit · fleet ≥ $1,760 · 100 at once
Active-CPU billing
Not published: minimum
|
≥ $0.2[9] | Prepaid credit | ? |
Active-CPU billing
Not published: minimum
|
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Plan from $20/mo · fleet not on published plans · 3 at once
Active-CPU billing
Max session 30 min
Not published: rounding, minimum
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≥ $0.3[10] | Plan from $20/mo | ? |
Active-CPU billing
Max session 30 min
Not published: rounding, minimum
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Vercel Sandbox2 vCPU / 4 GB
Pay as you go, $20/mo min · fleet ≥ $2,999 · 10,000 at once
Active-CPU billing
+$0.0000006 per sandbox
Not published: rounding
|
≥ $0.341[11] | Pay as you go, $20/mo min | ? |
Active-CPU billing
+$0.0000006 per sandbox
Not published: rounding
|
Not published, so not listed here: boat, Koyeb, Celesto, Novita AI, Together Sandbox, Tenki, Google Cloud Agent Platform sandboxes, AWS Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter, Namespace, Islo, Runloop.
1 h busy: all CPU billed. 1 h at 10% CPU: lower only where idle CPU isn't billed. Fleet month: 50 × 8 h × 22 days busy, on the lowest plan that runs 50 at once (its fee, less usage it includes). At once and Starts: on the terms priced. ≥ = a term isn't published. Method
Sources
- 1 lizard.build/pricing · 31 Oct 2026
- 2 instabox.sh/docs/pricing.md · 31 Oct 2026
- 3 northflank.com/pricing · 31 Oct 2026
- 4 exe.dev/docs/standalone-vms · 31 Oct 2026
- 5 fly.io/sprites · 31 Oct 2026
- 6 blaxel.ai/pricing · 31 Oct 2026
- 7 e2b.dev/pricing · 31 Oct 2026
- 8 developers.cloudflare.com/containers/platform/pricing · 31 Oct 2026
- 9 tensorlake.ai/pricing · 31 Oct 2026
- 10 deno.com/deploy/sandbox · 31 Oct 2026
- 11 vercel.com/docs/sandbox/pricing · 31 Oct 2026





