Agent infrastructure, priced per task.

Name: ColdTally agent infrastructure pricing
Creator: ColdTally
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Independent price-and-change tracking for AI agent sandboxes and cloud browsers. Every value carries its source and a verified date. Vendors can't buy placement.

12 providers Verified 2026-10-17 Sandboxes Cloud browsers Changelog Methodology Raw JSON Ask your agent

Sandboxes

Isolated machines where an agent runs code.

Cost per task

6 providers · from $0.00754 per task (Cloudflare Sandbox)

Conditions

vCPU: 2
RAM: 4 GiB
Duration: 5 min
CPU active: 10%

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Details	Rank	Provider	Cost / task	Free tier	Verified
	1	Cloudflare Sandbox	$0.00754^1,2	No free tier for Containers. Workers Paid ($5/mo) includes 375 vCPU-min, 25 GiB-h memory, 200 GB-h disk.	2026-10-17 (opens in new tab)
Unit rates CPUbeyond 375 vCPU-min/mo included$0.00002 /vCPU-second Memorybeyond 25 GiB-h/mo included$0.0000025 /GiB-second Diskbeyond 200 GB-h/mo included$0.00000007 /GB-second Egress NA/EUbeyond 1 TB$0.025 /GB Free tier No free tier for Containers. Workers Paid ($5/mo) includes 375 vCPU-min, 25 GiB-h memory, 200 GB-h disk. Free plan No free plan Isolation Each sandbox in its own VM Cost model Instance standard-3 (2 vCPU / 8 GiB) Excludes Workers / Durable Objects charges and monthly included usage Full Cloudflare Sandbox board
	2	Vercel Sandbox Vercel Sandbox Changed 2026-10-17	$0.00920	Hobby: 5 active-CPU hours, 420 GB-hours, 5,000 creations per month. Personal/non-commercial use only per Vercel ToS.	2026-10-17 (opens in new tab)
Unit rates Active CPU$0.128 /vCPU-hour Provisioned memory$0.0212 /GB-hour Sandbox creations$0.60 /1M creations Snapshot storage$0.08 /GB-month Free tier Hobby: 5 active-CPU hours, 420 GB-hours, 5,000 creations per month. Personal/non-commercial use only per Vercel ToS. Free plan 10 concurrent, 45 minutes per session Isolation Firecracker microVM Last change Vercel Sandbox: downloaded data is free Full Vercel Sandbox board
	3	E2B	$0.01380	Hobby: $0/mo, one-time $100 usage credit, no credit card.	2026-10-17 (opens in new tab)
Unit rates vCPU$0.000014 /vCPU-second RAM$0.0000045 /GiB-second Storageincluded Free tier Hobby: $0/mo, one-time $100 usage credit, no credit card. Free plan 20 concurrent, 1 hour per session Isolation Firecracker microVM Full E2B board
	3	Daytona	$0.01380	$200 in free compute, no credit card.	2026-10-17 (opens in new tab)
Unit rates vCPU$0.0504 /vCPU-hour Memory$0.0162 /GiB-hour Storageafter first 5 GiB free$0.000108 /GiB-hour Windows OS$0.0858 /vCPU-hour Free tier $200 in free compute, no credit card. Free plan Concurrency not listed Isolation Container class (namespaces) or VM class (own kernel) Full Daytona board
	3	Blaxel³ Blaxel Changed 2026-09-10	$0.01380⁴	Up to $200 in free credits; Tier 0 (free) allows 10 sandboxes.	2026-10-17 (opens in new tab)
Unit rates Sandbox active compute$0.0000115 /GB RAM-second Snapshot storage$0.20 /GB-month Images$0.045 /GB-month Volumes$0.12 /GB-month Free tier Up to $200 in free credits; Tier 0 (free) allows 10 sandboxes. Free plan 10 sandboxes concurrent, seconds to multiple days per session Isolation Hardware-isolated microVM Last change Blaxel acquired by Baseten; pricing and terms unchanged so far Cost model Assumes active for the full duration (upper bound) Full Blaxel board
	6	Modal Modal Changed 2026-09-01	$0.01983⁵	Starter: $0/mo with $30/mo included compute.	2026-10-17 (opens in new tab)
Unit rates Sandbox CPUphysical core = 2 vCPU$0.0000394 /core-second Sandbox memory$0.00000667 /GiB-second Region selection1.15–1.75× multiplier on base price Non-preemptible3× multiplier on base price Free tier Starter: $0/mo with $30/mo included compute. Free plan 100 containers concurrent Isolation gVisor or microVMs (which one applies isn't documented) Last change Modal: Shared Endpoints tokens billed from the first request, even on Starter Cost model 1 physical core; billed on requested resources Full Modal board

Verified 2026-10-17 6 providers · All providers

Notes 5

Instance standard-3 (2 vCPU / 8 GiB).
Excludes Workers / Durable Objects charges and monthly included usage.
Pricing only. Blaxel's terms prohibit publishing benchmarks or performance information about Blaxel (Terms & Conditions, restriction (f)).
Assumes active for the full duration (upper bound).
1 physical core; billed on requested resources.

Usage cost for one task at the conditions above. Plan fees, free credits, storage, egress, proxies and LLM tokens are excluded. How we calculate. Ask your agent. Missing a provider? Suggest one.

Startup time

4 of 6 measured¹² · fastest median 225 ms (E2B)

Conditions

Timed: create + first command³
Samples: 1 warm-up + 10
Runner: GitHub Actions, Phoenix, US
Regions: not all pinned⁴

How we measure

Rank	Provider	Median, ms	p95, ms	Size⁵	Region	Runs ok
unranked	Cloudflare Sandbox⁶	169 ms	279 ms	standard-1 (1/2 vCPU, 4 GiB)	LAX⁴	10/10
1	E2B	225 ms	668 ms	default	default⁴	10/10
2	Modal	567 ms	1,554 ms	1 core (2 vCPU), 4 GiB	default⁴	10/10
3	Daytona	1,207 ms	1,561 ms	default	us	10/10

Measured 2026-10-18 4 of 6 measured · Raw results

Notes 6

Not yet measured: Vercel Sandbox. Help us measure Vercel Sandbox
Pricing only. Blaxel's terms prohibit publishing benchmarks or performance information about Blaxel (Terms & Conditions, restriction (f)).
Timed from the create call until the command echo ok returns in the new sandbox (create + first command). Destroy time is recorded separately. Sandbox and browser boards time different steps, so their numbers are not comparable with each other.
Region not pinned: the provider chose placement, because region selection is not offered, costs extra, or needs a paid plan on that provider. Where the provider reports a region, the observed one is shown.
Instance sizes differ: each provider runs at the size listed in the Size column (provider default unless stated). Startup time can depend on size and image.
Cloudflare Sandbox is timed inside its benchmark Worker, within Cloudflare's network, so it excludes the network latency from the runner that the other rows include. The full request from the runner (network, Worker routing, start, echo ok and destroy) took a median 746 ms.

Median time to a usable sandbox in ColdTally's latest daily run. Grey rows are timed inside the provider's network, so they take no rank. Prices are the main comparison. Method. Ask your agent. Both startup boards on one page.

Cloud browsers

Hosted browsers an agent drives over CDP.

Cost per task

6 providers · from $0.00100 per task (Browser Use)

Conditions

Session: 3 min
Mode: headless
Excludes: proxy, CAPTCHA, LLM

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Details	Rank	Provider	Cost / task	Free tier	Verified
	1	Browser Use Browser Use Changed 2026-10-17	$0.00100¹	One-time $1 credit for eligible signups, 10 concurrent sessions; top-ups from $5.	2026-10-17 (opens in new tab)
Unit rates Browsers$0.02 /browser-hour Residential proxy$5 /GB Own proxy / direct$0.20 /GB Browser agentsModel cost + 20% plus browser time Free tier One-time $1 credit for eligible signups, 10 concurrent sessions; top-ups from $5. Free plan 10 concurrent (rises with total paid, one-time: $100 → 50, $1,000 → 250, $5,000 → 500, $25,000 → 1,000) Isolation Managed cloud Chromium (unverified) Last change Browser Use: 50 concurrent sessions now unlock at $100 paid, down from $200 Cost model Rounded up to whole minutes, 1-min minimum Full Browser Use board
	2	KERNEL KERNEL Changed 2026-09-01	$0.00300	Free: $0/mo with $5/month usage credits, 5 concurrent browsers, no credit card.	2026-10-17 (opens in new tab)
Unit rates Headless browser$0.0000167 /second Headful browser$0.000133 /second Headful + GPU$0.0008 /second Free tier Free: $0/mo with $5/month usage credits, 5 concurrent browsers, no credit card. Free plan 5 concurrent Isolation Managed cloud Chromium (unverified) Last change KERNEL: Terms of Service updated Full KERNEL board
	3	Cloudflare Browser Run	$0.00450	Workers Free: 10 browser-minutes per day, 3 concurrent browsers, 1 new browser every 20 s. Workers Paid ($5/mo) includes 10 browser hours and 10 concurrent browsers a month.	2026-10-17 (opens in new tab)
Unit rates Browser hoursbeyond 10 h/mo included on Workers Paid$0.09 /browser-hour Concurrent browsersbeyond 10 included, monthly average of daily peak$2 /browser/month Free tier Workers Free: 10 browser-minutes per day, 3 concurrent browsers, 1 new browser every 20 s. Workers Paid ($5/mo) includes 10 browser hours and 10 concurrent browsers a month. Free plan 3 concurrent, session length: no fixed maximum (closes after 60 s idle) Isolation Managed headless Chromium; each fresh session is its own browser process (unverified) Full Cloudflare Browser Run board
	4	Steel	$0.00500²	Launch: $0/mo, $30 one-time credits, no credit card.	2026-10-17 (opens in new tab)
Unit rates Browser hoursLaunch$0.10 /browser-hour Browser hoursScale$0.08 /browser-hour Proxy bandwidthLaunch$10 /GB CAPTCHA solvesLaunch$3 /1k Free tier Launch: $0/mo, $30 one-time credits, no credit card. Free plan 10 concurrent, 15 minutes per session Isolation Managed cloud Chromium (unverified) Cost model Billing granularity unverified; computed per second Full Steel board
	4	Hyperbrowser	$0.00500²	Free: 5,000 credits ($5) included.	2026-10-17 (opens in new tab)
Unit rates Browser usage$0.10 /browser-hour Proxy data$10 /GB Sandbox vCPU$0.045 /vCPU-hour Sandbox memory$0.015 /GiB-hour Free tier Free: 5,000 credits ($5) included. Free plan Concurrency not listed Isolation Managed cloud Chromium (unverified) Cost model Billing granularity unverified; computed per second Full Hyperbrowser board
	6	Browserbase	$0.00600²	Free: 1 browser hour, 3 concurrent browsers, 15 min/session.	2026-10-17 (opens in new tab)
Unit rates Browser hoursDeveloper overage$0.12 /browser-hour Browser hoursStartup overage$0.10 /browser-hour ProxiesDeveloper$12 /GB ProxiesStartup$10 /GB Free tier Free: 1 browser hour, 3 concurrent browsers, 15 min/session. Free plan 3 concurrent, 15 minutes per session Isolation Managed cloud Chromium (unverified) Cost model Billing granularity unverified; computed per second Full Browserbase board

Verified 2026-10-17 6 providers · All providers

Notes 2

Rounded up to whole minutes, 1-min minimum.
Billing granularity unverified; computed per second.

Usage cost for one task at the conditions above. Plan fees, free credits, storage, egress, proxies and LLM tokens are excluded. How we calculate. Ask your agent. Missing a provider? Suggest one.

Startup time

4 of 6 measured¹ · fastest median 882 ms (KERNEL)

Conditions

Timed: create + connect + page load²
Samples: 1 warm-up + 10
Runner: GitHub Actions, Phoenix, US
Target: coldtally.com/bench-target/
Regions: not all pinned³

How we measure

Rank	Provider	Median, ms	p95, ms	Region	Runs ok
unranked	Cloudflare Browser Run⁴	666 ms	1,363 ms	LAX³	10/10
1	KERNEL	882 ms	1,036 ms	us-east³	10/10
2	Browser Use	1,135 ms	2,286 ms	default³	10/10
3	Steel	1,650 ms	2,532 ms	iad	10/10

Measured 2026-10-18 4 of 6 measured · Raw results

Notes 4

Not yet measured: Browserbase, Hyperbrowser. Help us measure Browserbase · Help us measure Hyperbrowser
Timed from the create call until the target page reaches DOMContentLoaded (create session + CDP connect + page load). Release time is recorded separately. Sandbox and browser boards time different steps, so their numbers are not comparable with each other.
Region not pinned: the provider chose placement, because region selection is not offered, costs extra, or needs a paid plan on that provider. Where the provider reports a region, the observed one is shown.
Cloudflare Browser Run is timed inside its benchmark Worker, within Cloudflare's network, so it excludes the network latency from the runner that the other rows include. The full request from the runner (network, Worker routing, launch, connect, page load and release) took a median 777 ms.

Median time to a usable browser in ColdTally's latest daily run. Grey rows are timed inside the provider's network, so they take no rank. Prices are the main comparison. Method. Ask your agent. Both startup boards on one page.

Ask your agent

Read https://coldtally.com/llms.txt. Which cloud browser starts fastest, and what does one session cost?

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Changes

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Changed 2026-10-17

Browser Use: 50 concurrent sessions now unlock at $100 paid, down from $200 Browser Use limits
Changed 2026-10-17

Vercel Sandbox: downloaded data is free Vercel Sandbox first-observed
Baseline 2026-10-17

Baseline captured for 11 providers baseline
Added 2026-10-17

Cloudflare Browser Run added; baseline captured Cloudflare Browser Run baseline

Agent infrastructure, priced per task.

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Cloud browsers

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