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Sandboxer vs Notte

Notte is a hosted browser and agent platform; browser sessions are listed at $0.01 per hour and functions at $0.05 per hour. Sandboxer is a different category: each sandbox is a full Ubuntu VM with root, Docker and nested KVM, not a browser instance. Pick Notte for browser automation, Sandboxer for general sandboxes.

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

At a glance

Sandboxer and Notte compared
CapabilitySandboxerNotte
IsolationmicroVM
Cloud Hypervisor, its own kernel
browser instance
Isolation model not described
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
15 min Free, 120 min Developer, 300 min Startup
Enterprise custom
BillingPer second, flat rate per size
Stopped sandboxes are free
per browser hour via monthly credits
$0.01/h sessions, $0.05/h functions; credits expire each cycle on paid plans
GPUs
No GPU machines described; browser sessions only
Self-host or open sourcepartial
On-premise deployment listed on Enterprise only
RegionsUS East (Virginia) and EU Central (Finland)

= not documented publicly.

Where Notte is strong

  • Listed browser session rate of $0.01 per hour.
  • Plans from free ($10 one-time credit) to $100/month with 100 concurrent browsers.
  • Separate agents/functions concurrency allowance alongside browser concurrency.
  • On-premise deployment available on Enterprise.

Where Sandboxer differs

  • Notte offers browsers, not VMs with root, Docker or KVM.
  • Session length is capped per plan (up to 300 minutes on Startup); Sandboxer paid plans can run with no limit.
  • Included monthly credits expire each cycle, while Sandboxer plan dollars come back as machine time.

Pick Notte if

  • You need cheap browser sessions for agents.
  • You want on-premise deployment on an enterprise plan.
  • Short browser tasks fit inside the plan session caps.

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. Notte is a trademark of its owner. Sandboxer is an independent product and is not affiliated with Notte.

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