# E2B Alternatives > Ten of 41 E2B alternatives list a lower price than E2B for a 2 vCPU / 4 GiB sandbox: Sandbox0 ($0.060 an hour), Northflank ($0.067) and Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox ($0.071) lead, against $0.166 on E2B. Daytona and Hopx match E2B’s rates exactly. Every row sets isolation, start time, session limit and self-hosting next to E2B’s own sourced numbers. Every E2B alternative, diffed against E2B. 41 alternatives, each field linked to its public source, last verified 2026-11-11. When citing, link the canonical HTML page. ## Data - [E2B alternatives, compared against E2B](https://e2balternatives.com/): the full comparison table - [Data (JSON)](https://e2balternatives.com/data.json): every record with sources - [Data (CSV)](https://e2balternatives.com/data.csv): one row per alternative - [Methodology](https://e2balternatives.com/methodology/): what each field means and how it is verified ## Alternatives - [Agent Sandbox (Kubernetes SIG)](https://e2balternatives.com/kubernetes-agent-sandbox/): Kubernetes-native controller and CRDs for agent sandboxes, delegating isolation to gVisor or Kata Containers, with warm pools for fast allocation. For teams that run their own Kubernetes clusters. - [Agent Sandbox on GKE (Google Cloud)](https://e2balternatives.com/gke-agent-sandbox/): Google Kubernetes Engine's managed path for the open-source Agent Sandbox, running AI-generated code in gVisor-isolated pods with warm pools and a Python client. For teams on Google Cloud. - [Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox](https://e2balternatives.com/alibaba-agent-sandbox/): Alibaba Cloud runs each agent sandbox in its own VM, works with the E2B SDK, hibernates idle sandboxes without CPU charges and bills per second. For teams that want E2B-style sandboxes at the lowest list rate, or a Kubernetes API. - [Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter](https://e2balternatives.com/aws-agentcore-code-interpreter/): AWS’s managed code-execution tool for agents: each session runs in a dedicated microVM with pre-built Python, JavaScript and TypeScript runtimes, S3 access and CloudTrail logging. For teams building agents on AWS. - [AWS Lambda MicroVMs](https://e2balternatives.com/aws-lambda-microvms/): Stateful serverless Firecracker machines for user- and AI-generated code. A separate compute primitive from ordinary Lambda functions. - [Azure Container Apps Dynamic Sessions](https://e2balternatives.com/azure-dynamic-sessions/): Azure's Hyper-V-isolated sessions for running LLM-generated code, from prewarmed pools, as a built-in code interpreter or your own container. For teams building agents on Azure. - [Beam](https://e2balternatives.com/beam/): Beam is a serverless GPU and CPU cloud with a Sandboxes product for untrusted code, built on its open-source beta9 engine. For teams that want sandboxes and GPU inference on one bill. - [Blaxel](https://e2balternatives.com/blaxel/): Blaxel runs agent sandboxes as microVMs that drop to standby after a few seconds idle and resume in about 25 ms with memory intact. For agents with bursty, interactive workloads. - [Claude Code Execution Tool (Anthropic)](https://e2balternatives.com/anthropic-code-execution/): Anthropic's server-side sandbox lets Claude run Python and Bash inside the API call: a 1 CPU / 5 GiB container with no internet access that you can reuse for 30 days. For agents built on Claude that need data analysis and file generation without running their own sandbox. - [Cloudflare Sandbox SDK / Containers](https://e2balternatives.com/cloudflare-sandbox/): Cloudflare's Sandbox SDK starts container instances, each a microVM with its own kernel and network, controlled from a Worker. For teams already building on Cloudflare Workers. - [Daytona](https://e2balternatives.com/daytona/): Daytona runs sandboxes for AI-generated code with a dedicated kernel, filesystem and network per sandbox, plus Linux VM, Windows and GPU options. Built for agent platforms that need fast creation and long-lived sandboxes. - [Deno Sandbox](https://e2balternatives.com/deno-sandbox/): API-driven Linux microVMs for untrusted code, from the Deno team. Deno Deploy, its hosting platform, has an announced shutdown window, so treat it as migration-sensitive. - [Docker Sandboxes](https://e2balternatives.com/docker-sandboxes/): Docker's sbx CLI runs AI coding agents in isolated microVM sandboxes on your own machine or on Docker-managed cloud compute. For developers who want to let coding agents run unattended without exposing the host. - [Fly Machines](https://e2balternatives.com/fly-machines/): Low-level Firecracker VMs with an API and CLI for lifecycle and sizing. A fit for teams willing to build their own sandbox orchestration on top. - [Fly.io Sprites](https://e2balternatives.com/fly-sprites/): Sprites are hardware-isolated Linux computers for AI agents on Fly.io, with a persistent 100 GB disk, fast checkpoints and no compute charge while asleep. For long-lived agent workspaces. - [Freestyle](https://e2balternatives.com/freestyle/): Freestyle provides full Linux VMs for AI agents with nested virtualization, hibernation with memory intact and forking. For app-builder and coding-agent products that need real VMs. - [Google Agent Platform Code Execution](https://e2balternatives.com/google-agent-platform-code-execution/): Google's managed code-execution sandbox for agents (formerly Vertex AI Agent Engine): sandboxes start and run code in under a second and keep their state for up to 14 days, with VPC Service Controls, CMEK and HIPAA support. For teams building agents on Google Cloud. - [Google Cloud Run Sandboxes](https://e2balternatives.com/google-cloud-run-sandboxes/): Runs untrusted code inside an existing Cloud Run workload. A preview option for teams that already host agents on Cloud Run. - [Hopx](https://e2balternatives.com/hopx/): Hopx runs untrusted and AI-generated code in microVM sandboxes that start in about 100 ms, billed per second. For agent builders who want E2B-style sandboxes with a large starting credit. - [Hugging Face Sandboxes](https://e2balternatives.com/hugging-face-sandboxes/): Cloud sandboxes built on Hub Jobs, with dedicated VMs and cheaper shared pools. The docs recommend dedicated sandboxes for mutually untrusted code. - [Hyperbrowser Sandboxes](https://e2balternatives.com/hyperbrowser/): Isolated VMs for coding agents and dev services alongside Hyperbrowser's browser infrastructure. Usage draws from the same credit balance as its other products. - [Judge0](https://e2balternatives.com/judge0/): Compile-and-run API for AI code execution, education and assessments. Open-source, shared cloud or dedicated cloud. Built for bounded submissions, not persistent agent machines. - [Koyeb Sandboxes](https://e2balternatives.com/koyeb/): Koyeb Sandboxes are isolated environments for AI-generated and untrusted code on Koyeb's serverless platform, with scale-to-zero. For teams that want sandboxes next to their Koyeb apps and GPUs. - [microsandbox](https://e2balternatives.com/microsandbox/): Open-source, local-first microVM runtime and library for running untrusted workloads on your own machine or servers. For teams that want self-hosted hardware isolation with no vendor. - [Modal Sandboxes](https://e2balternatives.com/modal/): Modal's Sandboxes API runs untrusted code in gVisor-isolated containers on Modal's serverless cloud, with GPU access. For Python-first teams that already use Modal or need GPUs next to agent code. - [Morph Cloud](https://e2balternatives.com/morph-cloud/): Morph Cloud runs MorphVM instances and devboxes that can be paused, resumed, snapshotted and branched. For agent and RL workloads that explore many paths from one state. - [Northflank Sandboxes](https://e2balternatives.com/northflank/): Northflank runs each sandbox in its own Cloud Hypervisor microVM (gVisor for GPU), on Northflank's cloud or inside your own AWS, GCP, Azure or Oracle account. For teams that want no runtime limit and BYOC. - [Novita Sandbox](https://e2balternatives.com/novita-sandbox/): Managed stateful environments for coding agents, browser workflows and data analysis, with templates, snapshots and memory-preserving pause. - [OpenAI Containers (Code Interpreter / Hosted Shell)](https://e2balternatives.com/openai-containers/): OpenAI's hosted containers give models in the Responses API a sandboxed VM for Python and shell, in 1, 4, 16 or 64 GB sizes, created automatically or through the Containers API. For agents built on OpenAI models. - [OpenSandbox](https://e2balternatives.com/opensandbox/): Self-hosted sandbox platform with lifecycle APIs, execution tools and SDKs. Starts on local Docker and scales to Kubernetes. - [Orgo](https://e2balternatives.com/orgo/): Persistent cloud desktops for computer-use and coding agents: a browser, terminal and GUI controls, with programmatic fleet access. - [Piston](https://e2balternatives.com/piston/): Open-source compile-and-run engine with an HTTP API and many language packages. For self-hosted execution of bounded submissions rather than persistent agent desktops. - [Prime Intellect Sandboxes](https://e2balternatives.com/prime-intellect-sandboxes/): Prime Intellect runs each sandbox in a hardware-isolated microVM, with pause and resume that keeps memory and processes, checkpoints you can fork, and thousands of sandboxes starting at once. Built for RL rollouts, evals and agent fleets. - [Pydantic Monty](https://e2balternatives.com/pydantic-monty/): A Rust-written Python sandbox for model-generated code, as an embeddable package and a commercial server. For small controlled computations, not full Linux environments. - [Runloop](https://e2balternatives.com/runloop/): Runloop Devboxes are VM-isolated sandboxes for AI coding agents, with blueprints, snapshots and suspend/resume. Aimed at teams building and evaluating coding agents. - [Sandbox0](https://e2balternatives.com/sandbox0/): Cloud computers for agents with a durable, automatically growing writable filesystem. Compute pauses between tasks while files stay. - [Tensorlake Sandboxes](https://e2balternatives.com/tensorlake/): Tensorlake runs sandboxes on Firecracker microVMs, billed on active CPU with a 20% floor. Pay-as-you-go credits list $0.07 a core-hour; Pro ($250 a month, 25,000 compute units included) cuts that to $0.042 and memory to $0.009 a GB-hour, $0.120 an hour for a 2 vCPU / 4 GiB box. - [Together Code Sandbox (CodeSandbox SDK)](https://e2balternatives.com/together-code-sandbox/): Together AI's code sandboxes for building AI development environments, with hibernation, VM cloning and git-versioned storage. For teams already using Together's inference platform. - [Upstash Box](https://e2balternatives.com/upstash-box/): Upstash Box gives agents persistent sandboxes billed on active CPU only, with memory free and boxes that freeze when idle. For agents that idle most of the time. - [Vercel Sandbox](https://e2balternatives.com/vercel-sandbox/): Vercel Sandbox runs agent-generated code in Firecracker microVMs and bills CPU only while code is actively running. Suited to teams on Vercel and agents that spend most of their time waiting on LLM calls. - [Wasmer](https://e2balternatives.com/wasmer/): Runs WebAssembly/WASIX packages locally and on Wasmer's cloud. A narrower runtime for compatible language packages, not an arbitrary Linux VM replacement. ## Optional - [All records in one file](https://e2balternatives.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://e2balternatives.com/sitemap.xml)