froog vs E2B
E2B and froog both give AI agents an isolated Linux machine in the cloud. E2B is built around short code-execution sessions with an SDK. froog gives each agent a whole VM that stays on, keeps its disk and costs about a twelfth as much to run all month.
froog and E2B side by side
| froog | E2B | |
|---|---|---|
| Isolation | Full KVM virtual machine, own kernel | Linux VM (“a fast, secure Linux VM”) |
| Largest sandbox | Up to 8 vCPU, 16 GB memory, 111 GB disk | 1–8 vCPU, 1–8 GiB memory. Disk 10 GiB (Hobby) or 20 GiB (Pro) |
| How long it runs | No limit: runs until you stop it, or until its auto-stop timer runs out (an hour by default, up to 30 days, or never) | Up to 1 hour (Hobby) or 24 hours (Pro) at a time, then killed or paused |
| Snapshots and forks | Hourly automatic snapshots, named snapshots as templates, fork into many copies, restore in place (disk). Warm resume with programs running for 10 min after a stop | Pause keeps memory and disk, kept indefinitely. Resume in about a second |
| Access | SSH, root (passwordless sudo), Docker, Chrome, a desktop in the browser (XFCE, Hyprland and Chromium on Omarchy), /dev/kvm, HTTPS URL for any port | SDK (Python, TypeScript). Desktop sandboxes for computer use |
| GPUs | No | No (“Sandboxes are CPU-only”) |
| Price | $0.0274 an hour for 4 vCPU / 8 GB, billed per second while running | $0.000014 per vCPU-second + $0.0000045 per GiB-second ($0.0504 + $0.0162 an hour). Pro $150 a month |
| 4 vCPU / 8 GB, all month | $20 | $242 (+ $150 Pro plan, needed for runs over 1 hour) |
E2B figures are from its own pages, checked on November 12, 2026: e2b.dev/pricing, docs.e2b.dev/sandbox/persistence. The monthly line is 730 hours at list prices with the machine fully used, plan fees and credits not counted. Prices change. tell us if one is out of date. More providers on the pricing page.
When to pick which
Pick E2B if
- You want an SDK-first code interpreter that starts in a fraction of a second and pauses with memory intact.
- You need more than 100 sandboxes at once on a self-serve plan, or bring-your-own-cloud (Enterprise).
Pick froog if
- Agents that work for hours or days: a froog sandbox has no session limit, so nothing is killed at 1 or 24 hours.
- Bigger machines and disks: up to 16 GB of memory and 111 GB of disk, against E2B's 8 GiB and 10–20 GiB.
- A real computer: SSH in, run Docker, open Chrome or the desktop, or start nested VMs with
/dev/kvm. - Cost: a 4 vCPU / 8 GB VM running all month is $20, against about $242 plus the $150 Pro plan.
Try froog in a minute
curl -fsSL https://froogcorp.com/install | sh
froog login
froog new my-box # ready when SSH works, about a minute
froog exec my-box -- uname -a
froog prompt my-box "write a hello world web server and run it on port 3000"
froog host my-box 3000 # an HTTPS URL for itQuestions
Is froog cheaper than E2B?
Yes, for machines that run a long time. A 4 vCPU / 8 GB sandbox for a full month is $20 at froog and about $242 at E2B's list prices, before E2B's $150 Pro plan. Both bill per second, so short runs cost little at either.
Does froog have a session time limit like E2B?
No. E2B runs a sandbox for up to 1 hour on Hobby and 24 hours on Pro before it is killed or paused. A froog sandbox runs until you stop it, or until its auto-stop timer runs out: an hour by default, up to 30 days, or never.
Can I move from E2B to froog?
Yes. Instead of the E2B SDK you call froog's HTTP API, the Python, TypeScript or Go SDK, or the froog CLI: create a sandbox, run commands with exec, copy files, and stop or fork it. See the docs.
7 days free: 25 hours of running time, 2 sandboxes at once. Then from $0.0137 an hour, billed per second.