CodeSandbox
Firecracker microVMs for AI coding agents. Pro: 160 hours/month of VM credits, on-demand VM credits at $0.15/hour, 1,000 new sandboxes/hour, 250 concurrent VMs. VM credit individua
CodeSandbox scores 4.6/10 for free value in Agents. The main constraint: Paid — Pro from ~VM credits; on-demand $0.15/VM-hr. Firecracker microVMs for AI coding agents. Pro: 160 hours/month of VM credits, on-demand VM credits at $0.15/hour, 1,000 new sandboxes/hour, 250 concurrent VMs. VM credit individually ~$0.015.
Free value score
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What you get
Paid — Pro from ~VM credits; on-demand $0.15/VM-hr. Firecracker microVMs for AI coding agents. Pro: 160 hours/month of VM credits, on-demand VM credits at $0.15/hour, 1,000 new sandboxes/hour, 250 concurrent VMs. VM credit individually ~$0.015.
160 VM-hours bundled + $0.15/VM-hr on-demand — cheap persistent dev sandboxes for agents
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"160 hours of monthly VM credits. Access to on‑demand VM credits ($0.15 per hour). 1,000 new Sandboxes an hour. 250 concurrent VMs"
https://www.xpay.sh/saas-pricing/codesandbox-io