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Sandboxer vs Gcore Cloud VMs

Gcore Cloud sells virtual machines in several types, including GPU VMs, across more than 30 regions, with free egress traffic and no compute charge while a VM is stopped. You manage the OS and tooling. Sandboxer is a preconfigured agent sandbox with memory-preserving stop/resume and fork. Pick Gcore for regional spread and GPUs; pick Sandboxer for an agent-ready VM.

Checked against Gcore Cloud VMs' public docs on October 24, 2026. Sources are linked in the table and listed below.

At a glance

Sandboxer and Gcore Cloud VMs compared
CapabilitySandboxerGcore Cloud VMs
IsolationmicroVM
Cloud Hypervisor, its own kernel
virtual machine
Hypervisor not named.
Full Linux with root
Ubuntu 24.04, sudo, systemd
Docker inside
Preinstalled
Nested virtualization (/dev/kvm)
Pause and resume with memory
Running processes come back
Fork a sandbox
Copy-on-write disk copy that boots fresh
HTTPS URL per port
Private with a token, or public
Longest sessionNo limit on paid plans
Auto-stop is up to 30 days or off
BillingPer second, flat rate per size
Stopped sandboxes are free
pay for active instances only; no charge while stopped
Pricing varies by region and configuration; the page shows 'From EUR 8.93/month' for Standard VMs while its FAQ says prices start at EUR 14.98/month.
GPUs
GPU VM type from EUR 1.25/hour.
Self-host or open source
RegionsUS East (Virginia) and EU Central (Finland)30+ global locations

= not documented publicly.

Where Gcore Cloud VMs is strong

  • Over 30 locations across the world.
  • Free egress traffic on VMs.
  • No compute charge while a VM is stopped, plus GPU VM types.

Where Sandboxer differs

  • Gcore VMs are generic machines; Sandboxer ships an agent-ready Ubuntu VM with Docker, nested KVM and an API.
  • Gcore lists prices by region and flavor in a calculator; Sandboxer has four fixed sizes at per-second rates.
  • Memory-preserving pause, fork and per-port HTTPS URLs are not described on the Gcore pages reviewed.

Pick Gcore Cloud VMs if

  • You need many locations or free egress for traffic-heavy workloads.
  • You need GPU VMs.
  • You want standard VMs for production hosting rather than agent sandboxes.

Pick Sandboxer if

  • You want a sandbox that stops with memory and disk saved and resumes with processes running, with stopped sandboxes costing nothing.
  • You want Docker, systemd, nested KVM, SSH and coding agents (Claude Code, Codex and others) already installed, with HTTPS URLs for any port, without assembling it yourself.
  • You want a per-second-billed Ubuntu 24.04 VM driven by a REST API, CLI, MCP server or TypeScript/Python SDK.

Sources

Products change. If something here is out of date, email hello@sandboxer.com and we'll fix it. Gcore Cloud VMs is a trademark of its owner. Sandboxer is an independent product and is not affiliated with Gcore Cloud VMs.

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