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Sandboxer vs Hyperbrowser

Hyperbrowser is a hosted browser platform for agents, listing $0.10 per browser hour and $10 per GB of proxy data. Sandboxer is a different category: each sandbox is a full Ubuntu VM with root, Docker and nested KVM, not a browser instance. Pick Hyperbrowser for browser automation; pick Sandboxer for general sandboxes.

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

At a glance

Sandboxer and Hyperbrowser compared
CapabilitySandboxerHyperbrowser
IsolationmicroVM
Cloud Hypervisor, its own kernel
browser instance
Full Linux with root
Ubuntu 24.04, sudo, systemd
Not offered; the product is a remote browser driven over CDP/API, not a general machine
Docker inside
Preinstalled
Not offered; the product is a remote browser driven over CDP/API, not a general machine
Nested virtualization (/dev/kvm)
Not offered; the product is a remote browser driven over CDP/API, not a general machine
Pause and resume with memory
Running processes come back
Fork a sandbox
Copy-on-write disk copy that boots fresh
No VM fork; browser sessions only
HTTPS URL per port
Private with a token, or public
Not offered; the product is a remote browser driven over CDP/API, not a general machine
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
credits: 100 credits per browser hour ($0.10/h); proxy $10/GB
Plans Free, $30, $100, custom
GPUs
No GPU machines described; browser sessions only
Self-host or open source
RegionsUS East (Virginia) and EU Central (Finland)

= not documented publicly.

Where Hyperbrowser is strong

  • Entry price of $30/month for 25 concurrent sessions.
  • Free plan with 5,000 credits.
  • Enterprise tier with 1,000+ concurrent sessions and 180+ days retention.
  • Simple credit model for browser hours.

Where Sandboxer differs

  • Hyperbrowser offers browsers, not VMs with root, Docker or KVM.
  • Session length and regions are not on its pricing page.
  • Plans are credit-based; Sandboxer plans set concurrency and return every dollar as machine time.

Pick Hyperbrowser if

  • You need many cheap concurrent browser sessions.
  • You want a low-cost monthly plan with a free tier.
  • Your workload is web automation only.

Pick Sandboxer if

  • You need a full Ubuntu 24.04 VM with root, systemd, Docker and nested KVM rather than a browser only.
  • You want stop/resume that brings running processes back, and sandboxes that cost nothing while stopped.
  • You want coding agents (Claude Code, Codex and others) preinstalled and any port exposed as an HTTPS URL.

Sources

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

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