Sandboxer vs Hostinger VPS

Hostinger VPS sells fixed KVM virtual servers with full root access, paid upfront for a term. There is no per-second billing and no sandbox or agent API on the pages reviewed. Pick Hostinger for a cheap always-on server; pick Sandboxer for disposable, resumable agent sandboxes.

Checked against Hostinger VPS's public docs on October 24, 2026. Sources are linked in the table and listed below.

At a glance

Sandboxer and Hostinger VPS compared
Capability	Sandboxer	Hostinger VPS
Isolation	microVM Cloud Hypervisor, its own kernel	KVM virtual machine
Full Linux with root	Ubuntu 24.04, sudo, systemd	Full root access included.
Docker inside	Preinstalled	A Docker manager for Docker Compose projects is offered in the dashboard.
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 session	No limit on paid plans Auto-stop is up to 30 days or off
Billing	Per second, flat rate per size Stopped sandboxes are free	prepaid plans, intro price then renewal price Paid upfront for the term; no hourly billing mentioned.
GPUs
Self-host or open source
Regions	US East (Virginia) and EU Central (Finland)	10 data centers across 4 continents

= not documented publicly.

Price for one 4 vCPU, 8 GB machine

Sandboxer

$0.036/hour

Flat per-second rate for the default size

Hostinger VPS

$0.018/hour

KVM 4 (4 vCPU, 16 GB, 200 GB NVMe) at $12.99/month intro price (prepaid term) / 730 h = $0.0178/h; renewal is $28.99/month ($0.0397/h). Memory is 16 GB, not 8 GB; KVM 2 is 2 vCPU/8 GB.

List prices from each provider's pricing page, before free credits, plans and storage. This compares price only.

Where Hostinger VPS is strong

Low monthly price for 4 vCPU / 16 GB ($12.99 intro).
Full root access and KVM on all plans.
Free weekly backups, a public API and 10 data centers.

Where Sandboxer differs

Plans are prepaid for a term, not billed per second.
No documented pause that keeps memory and processes, and no fork.
Nested virtualization and GPUs are not mentioned on the page.

Pick Hostinger VPS if

You want one inexpensive always-on VPS for a site or service.
You prefer a fixed prepaid price with a money-back guarantee.

Pick Sandboxer if

You need disposable full VMs you can stop and resume with memory and processes restored, billed per second.
You want every port reachable as an HTTPS URL and a prompt API for preinstalled coding agents.

Sources

Hostinger VPS hosting

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 If something here is out of date, email hello@sandboxer.com and we'll fix it.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

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