HEAD-TO-HEAD · PRICES VERIFIED 2026-08-25
E2B vs Beam (sandbox)
Across 3 benchmark profiles, E2B prices lower in 3 of 3 — by up to ~27% where the gap is widest. Both rows use identical workload inputs and USD list rates from the capture-dated catalog; verify current rates via each vendor's source link.
Monthly Cost Across Realistic Benchmarks
100 hr × 1 vCPU / 2 GiB
E2B: $8.28 Beam (sandbox): $11.36
Cheaper: E2B500 hr × 2 vCPU / 4 GiB
E2B: $82.80 Beam (sandbox): $113.58
Cheaper: E2B2,000 hr × 4 vCPU / 8 GiB
E2B: $662.40 Beam (sandbox): $908.64
Cheaper: E2BRate Card Snapshot
| Vendor | $/vCPU-hr | $/GiB-hr | Billing granularity | Concurrency note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E2B | $0.0504 | $0.0162 | per-second | Hobby ≤20 concurrent sandboxes; Pro ≤100 (extensible to 1,100). Session caps: ≤1h Hobby, ≤24h Pro. |
| Beam (sandbox) | $0.0675 | $0.0230 | per 0.001s | No self-serve concurrency cap published at capture time. |
Fit Notes
- E2B — Skip if your agents need long-lived environments — Hobby sessions die at 1h and Pro at 24h; this is for short-lived code-running sandboxes.
- Beam (sandbox) — Skip if you want the biggest platform — young product; fine for browser/computer-use sandboxes, thinner on compliance and regions than E2B or Modal.
Run your own workload through the full interactive calculator, or browse all pairs on the comparisons hub.