Vercel Sandbox free tier includes Isolated Linux microVMs for running untrusted or agent-generated code, metered by active CPU… Catalogue date September 2026. Compare with 3 alternatives in Cloud Hosting.
Subtypes in Cloud Hosting: agent_sandbox — isolated execution environments provisioned programmatically, sold for AI agent workloads. We read that on 2026-09-27 from https://vercel.com/docs/sandbox, where it says: “Run untrusted or agent-generated code in isolated Linux microVMs.” How we use this.
Vercel Sandbox's free tier offers Isolated Linux microVMs for running untrusted or agent-generated code, metered by active CPU, memory, sandbox creations… It's stable — zero pricing changes recorded. Best for cloud hosting workloads.
Isolated Linux microVMs for running untrusted or agent-generated code, metered by active CPU, memory, sandbox creations and data transfer. The Hobby plan includes each month at no cost: 5 hours of Active CPU, 420 GB-hours of provisioned memory, 5,000 sandbox creations and 20 GB of data transfer, plus 15 GB of snapshot storage for the life of the account. Hobby sandboxes run for at most 45 minutes, 10 at a time. Past the quota, sandbox creation pauses and nothing is charged. Hobby is for non-commercial, personal use only. On Pro, Active CPU costs $0.128 an hour and memory $0.0212 per GB-hour.
No recorded pricing changes for Vercel Sandbox. This is a good sign — stable pricing.
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| Service | Free Tier | Stability |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel Sandbox | Hobby | stable |
| PandaStack | Free | caution |
| Cloudflare Dynamic Workers | Paid | source unconfirmed |
| Cloudflare Sandboxes | Pay-per-use | source unconfirmed |
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We do not push notifications. Every change we record is readable the moment it lands, and the JSON answer carries an ETag — send it back as If-None-Match and an unchanged answer costs one 304.
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Look up Vercel Sandbox programmatically with the AgentDeals MCP server:
{
"tool": "search_deals",
"arguments": {
"query": "Vercel Sandbox",
"limit": 5
}
}
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