ProvidersChecked 2026-10-28
MicroVM sandboxes billed by allocated RAM, now part of Baseten.
Short answer: One always-on personal agent (2 vCPU / 4 GiB / 20 GiB) costs about $123.29 a month here, the 10th cheapest of the 11 providers that run it as described. The AI model adds about $14.70 a month on top (GLM 5.3, 30 requests a day at 40k tokens each, median zero-retention price; from $6.84 at the cheapest host). Fits well: A sandbox that must resume in milliseconds: standby preserves process state and resume is claimed under 25 ms.
Blaxel runs sandboxes as microVMs for agent workloads, alongside agent hosting, MCP servers, batch jobs and a model gateway.
Baseten acquired Blaxel on 10 September 2026. The announcement says the product continues and features keep shipping, and Baseten sign-in now connects to a Blaxel workspace.
| Who it is for | Teams building agent platforms that want instant sandboxes, a built-in MCP surface and optional agent hosting. |
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| Isolation | MicroVM boundary per sandbox, root by default with an optional unprivileged user. The default kernel refuses module loading and kernel tracing to every process, including root; iptables requires enabling at creation. |
| Sizes | Memory drives CPU: 8 GB gets 4 cores and 16 GB gets 6. Custom deployments advertise up to 256 GB of RAM. Regions: Oregon, North Virginia, London and Frankfurt. |
| A personal agent here | About $123.29 a month for one always-on 2 vCPU / 4 GiB machine (2 vCPU / 4 GiB / 20 GiB), before the AI model. Change the numbers |
| Recommended in | Not one of the picks in any use-case guide. |
Our reading of the sourced material on this page, not a provider claim.
| Model | Pay-as-you-go against a wallet, with quota tiers set by top-up. |
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| Meter | $0.0000115 per GB of allocated RAM per second while active; CPU is included in that rate. Snapshot storage $0.20 per GB-month and volumes $0.12 per GB-month. |
| While stopped | Standby stops memory charges but keeps billing snapshot and volume storage. |
| Plan fee | No subscription: tiers are wallet top-ups ($0, $20, $50) that raise quotas. |
| Minimum | No published minimum billed duration. Up to $200 in promotional credits is advertised; the actual grant is not published. |
How Blaxel lets you try before paying is on Trials and free tiers.
| Dashboard | A console creates a sandbox by choosing an image, resources, TTL and region, with a browser terminal. |
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| Without code | The console can create and inspect a sandbox, but useful work still needs commands or a developer. |
| Signup | Baseten or Blaxel sign-in. Card requirement and credit expiry are not published. |
| Docs and support | Documentation covers sandboxes, snapshots, volumes, MCP and SSO. A status page is linked from the site. Support is Discord community plus paid tiers. |
Every capability the guide checks, with the catch where Blaxel's version falls short. Compare all providers
From the profile's company section: the legal entity, who funds it, and what a buyer can check before signing.
Blaxel, Inc. (formerly Beamlit, Inc.), a Delaware corporation.
“Blaxel, Inc (formerly known as Beamlit, Inc.), a Delaware corporation, d/b/a Blaxel” blaxel.ai docs-confirmed
Acquired by Baseten on 10 September 2026. The linked terms predate the deal and still name Blaxel.
“Baseten has acquired Blaxel.” baseten.co docs-confirmed
2024, by six founders including CEO Paul Sinaï. A $7.3M seed led by First Round.
“Blaxel raised a $7.3M seed round led by First Round.” blaxel.ai docs-confirmed
12, per Y Combinator's directory. The figure is undated and not a post-acquisition count.
“Team Size:12” ycombinator.com third-party
Sandboxes 99.33% over July–October 2026. Custom SLAs only; no standard uptime commitment published.
“99.33% uptime” status.blaxel.ai docs-confirmed
SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 claimed; the full SOC 2 report is on request through its compliance portal.
“SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001” blaxel.ai docs-confirmed
Shown as the research found them. A contradiction means the provider's own pages disagree; an open question means the answer is not published.
The docs say a sandbox goes to standby after 15 minutes of idle WebSocket/TCP activity; the pricing FAQ says it scales to zero after about 5 seconds.
The snapshot docs say the feature is in private preview and not recommended for production; archive is also preview.
Baseten acquired Blaxel on 10 September 2026. The product continues, but a permanent standalone guarantee is not published.
Tier 0 and Tier 1 enforce expiration dates of up to 7 and 30 days; activity is counted at resume or suspend, not in between.
A volume attaches to one sandbox at a time; Agent Drive is the multi-mount shared filesystem, and the two are separate products.
List-price illustrations from the calculator, not quotes. Prices checked 29 October 2026.
A · 1,000 short tasks
$27.60
2 vCPU / 4 GiB / 10 GiB (plan: Pay as you go)
B · One always-on box
$247.78
4 vCPU / 8 GiB / 50 GiB (plan: Pay as you go)
C · Three hours a day
$17.30
2 vCPU / 4 GiB / 20 GiB (plan: Pay as you go)