Self-hosted E2B alternatives
9 alternatives run on your own hardware, cluster or cloud account. E2B itself is Apache-2.0 and self-hostable, so each page compares the self-hosted route against E2B's.
Which E2B alternatives can I run on my own hardware or cluster?
| Provider | 2 vCPU + 4 GiB / hr | vs E2B | Isolation | Max session | GPU | Self-host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E2B (baseline) | $0.166 (source: E2B Pricing) | 1.00x | Firecracker microVM | 1 h (Hobby), 24 h (Pro) | No | Yes |
| Northflank vs E2B | $0.067 (source: Northflank Pricing) | 0.40x | Cloud Hypervisor microVM | No time limit (runs until deleted) | Yes | Yes |
| Beam vs E2B | $0.140 (source: Beam Pricing) | 0.85x | container | not published | Yes | Yes |
| Agent vs E2B | free software | — | pluggable (gVisor/Kata) | not published | not published | Yes |
| Docker vs E2B | not comparable | — | microVM | not published | not published | Yes |
| Judge0 vs E2B | not comparable | — | process sandbox | CE defaults: 2 s CPU time, 5 s wall time (configurable) | not published | Yes |
| microsandbox vs E2B | free software | — | microVM | not published | not published | Yes |
| OpenSandbox vs E2B | free software | — | Firecracker microVM | not published | not published | Yes |
| Piston vs E2B | free software | — | process sandbox | Defaults: 3 s run CPU and wall time, 10 s compile timeout | not published | Yes |
| Pydantic Monty vs E2B | not comparable | — | restricted runtime | Configurable memory, execution time and recursion depth limits | not published | Yes |
Self-hosted software has no per-hour price in this dataset; infrastructure and operations cost are yours. Each provider has its own page with every field, source and a pick-or-stay verdict against E2B.
Other E2B comparisons
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- E2B alternatives with microVM or VM isolationWhich E2B alternatives give each sandbox its own kernel?