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Billed per second

Usage is counted to the second rather than by the hour or month.

Short answer: 14 of 16 providers offer it fully: Blaxel, Boat, Cloudflare Sandbox, Daytona, E2B, InstaBox, Lizard, Modal, Morph, Runtime, Sandboxer, Sprites, Tensorlake and boxd. With a catch: Vercel Sandbox. Checked 29 October 2026.

14 yes1 with a catch1 no0 not publishedChecked 29 October 2026

Who offers it

Part of Billing models, which explains why it matters.

Fully: Blaxel, Boat, boxd, Cloudflare Sandbox, Daytona, E2B, InstaBox, Lizard, Modal, Morph, Runtime, Sandboxer, Sprites and Tensorlake. With a catch: Vercel Sandbox. Not at all: Agent 37.

  • BlaxelYesper second

    pricing-page “$0.0000115 / GB RAM · second” Source

  • BoatYesper second

    docs-confirmed “You pay per second, only while a sandbox runs.” Source

  • boxdYesper second

    Usage is added up every second but settled in 15-minute windows.

    pricing-page “Usage is metered every second and settled every 15 minutes” Source

  • Cloudflare SandboxYesper 10 ms

    pricing-page “Containers are billed for every 10ms that they are actively running” Source

  • DaytonaYesper second

    docs-confirmed “All billing is calculated per second.” Source

  • E2BYesper second

    pricing-page “Running sandboxes are billed per second for provisioned CPU and RAM.” Source

  • InstaBoxYesper second

    docs-confirmed “Runtime is metered by the second, only while a machine is running.” Source

  • LizardYesper second

    pricing-page “Running sandboxes are billed per second, including idle time.” Source

  • MorphYesper second

    pricing-page “Per-second compute” Source

  • RuntimeYesper second

    docs-confirmed “Sandboxes you run bill as usual, per second.” Source

  • SandboxerYesper second

    docs-confirmed “Metering is per second, from the moment a sandbox is up until it is stopped.” Source

  • SpritesYesper second

    pricing-page “Compute bills by the second, storage on what you provision.” Source

  • TensorlakeYesper second

    docs-confirmed “runtime usage is measured by the second” Source

  • Vercel SandboxWith a catchmemory rounds to a minute

    The catch: Memory is counted in whole minutes, so a 20-second task is charged for a full minute of memory.

    pricing-page “Provisioned memory is billed in 1 minute minimum increments to account for sandbox lifecycle management.” Source

  • Agent 37Noper minute

    Note: Usage is counted by the minute, not the second, so every short task rounds up.

    inferred “Metered by the minute: compute while the sandbox runs, disk while you keep it.” Source

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Words used here

  • Active-CPU billingThe processor is charged only while it is working, not while it waits. Cheap for agents that spend most of their time idle.
  • Per-second billingUsage is counted to the second, so a two-minute task costs two minutes. Some providers round up to a minimum first.
  • Included usageA monthly plan fee that comes with the same amount, or a set amount, of usage. You pay the fee even if you use less, and pay extra only above it.

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