HEAD-TO-HEAD · PRICES VERIFIED 2026-08-25
Modal (Sandboxes) vs Cloudflare Containers
Across 3 benchmark profiles, Cloudflare Containers prices lower in 3 of 3 — by up to ~24% 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
Modal (Sandboxes): $11.90 Cloudflare Containers: $9.00
Cheaper: Cloudflare Containers500 hr × 2 vCPU / 4 GiB
Modal (Sandboxes): $119.00 Cloudflare Containers: $90.00
Cheaper: Cloudflare Containers2,000 hr × 4 vCPU / 8 GiB
Modal (Sandboxes): $952.00 Cloudflare Containers: $720.00
Cheaper: Cloudflare ContainersRate Card Snapshot
| Vendor | $/vCPU-hr | $/GiB-hr | Billing granularity | Concurrency note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modal (Sandboxes) | $0.0710 | $0.0240 | per-second | Concurrency scales with plan; Starter $30/mo credits, Team $250/mo incl. $100/mo credits, Enterprise custom. |
| Cloudflare Containers | $0.0720 | $0.0090 | per 0.01s | Requires Workers Paid $5/mo. Included monthly: 375 vCPU-minutes, 25 GiB-hours memory, 200 GB-hours disk; usage beyond included bills at the listed rates. |
Fit Notes
- Modal (Sandboxes) — Skip if pure sandbox price is the decision — you pay ~40% over E2B/Daytona for the same vCPU-hour; Modal earns it back only when the rest of your stack already lives on Modal functions.
- Cloudflare Containers — Skip if you want vendor-managed snapshot/resume semantics — Containers scale to zero but have no cross-machine session pause/resume story like E2B/Daytona snapshots.
Run your own workload through the full interactive calculator, or browse all pairs on the comparisons hub.