# Alibaba Cloud AgentBay

Official pricing: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructions  
Category: agent-sandbox · Isolation: container

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **CodeSpace (international), CPU/RAM per second while running** (resource): $0.027/vCPU-h, $0.0113/GiB-h

## Features

Yes: pause/resume, persistent disk, volumes, idle auto-stop, ≥24 h sessions, custom image (Docker or snapshot), your own Docker/OCI image, browser, desktop GUI, computer-use API, code interpreter, browser + desktop control, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, HTTPS preview URLs, egress allowlist, open internet, private networking, SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO, Windows, Python, Node.js, MCP server, hosted agent API (their own agent), inbound access rules, firewall inside (nftables), extra volumes, shared volumes

No: snapshots, memory snapshots, fork/clone, start from your own snapshot, full VM (own kernel), Docker inside, nested virtualization, residential IPs, preinstalled agents, SSH, public IPv4, static egress IP, self-hosting, BYOC, open source, GPU, arm64, macOS, HTTP method/path egress rules, wake on request, live resize, live fork (no pause), memory fork, EU data residency, automatic snapshots, snapshots on demand, agent harness API, gVisor or VM (no shared kernel), secret proxy, secret proxy for any API

Unknown: everything else. Evidence (source + quote) per feature: https://battleships.dev/data/providers/alibaba-agentbay.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- CPU and RAM actual usage time wording does not mean CPU utilization: FAQ explicitly charges running idle sessions.
- Premium bandwidth$0.123/GB is **inbound**, not generic outbound egress; do not swap directions.
- Included 100 GiB/1 TiB storage is Context and recordings, not root disk or guaranteed full VM snapshot retention.
- Eight-hour sessions and region/image capacity not confirmed by pricing page alone.
- Credits 0.0267 USD/unit meter LLM tokens only; subscription fees are not converted into compute credits.
- SDK source is open, not proof of self-hostable hosted runtime.
- Original public product launch date unverified here; public 2026 pricing update and SDK establish presence, not founding.
- State retention priced at the Context storage overage $0.000045/GiB-h (= $0.0329/GiB-month) beyond the plan quota (100 GiB Basic, 1 TiB Pro/Ultra; engine uses the Basic 100 GiB). Context storage persists context data and session replays; full-VM snapshot semantics are not documented.
- Egress set to 0: each instance gets free basic bandwidth (10 Mbps peak, no SLA); premium SLA bandwidth $0.123/GB is billed on inbound traffic. Throughput-capped, not unlimited.
- Sandbox system-disk size and price not published (billing page and CodeSpace docs, 2026-09-28); disk beyond 0 GiB shows as unknown. SSH access not documented.
- Pro and Ultra plans: up to 50 custom images, 5 enabled concurrently. Pro can upgrade to Ultra (prorated difference over remaining days/30); Ultra cannot downgrade to Pro. New users get 100 free trial points for environment compute (USD value of a point not published).

## How this provider charges


As of 2026-09-28. International USD list prices effective May 18 2026; do not substitute mainland CNY prices. Authoritative FAQ says running undeleted sessions incur CPU/RAM charges while idle. Built-in model Credits separate from infrastructure.

## Regimes

| Regime | When it applies | How billed / numbers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Native product usage | 0.027 USD/core-hour, per second; allocated running time. | [Primary pricing](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructions) |
| Memory | Native product usage | 0.0113 USD/GB-hour, per second; running allocation. | [Primary pricing](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructions) |
| Context storage | Native product usage | 0.000045 USD/GiB-hour after 100 GiB Basic or 1 TiB paid plan allowance; minimum MiB. | [Primary pricing](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructions) |
| Premium bandwidth | Native product usage | 0.123 USD/GB INBOUND; separate from basic 10 Mbps. | [Primary pricing](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructions) |
| Model Credits | Native product usage | 0.0267 USD/Credit; Browser Use 16.8 input/134.4 output Credits per million tokens; Mobile Use 11.2/89.6. | [Primary pricing](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructions) |
| Ultra concurrency scale-out | Native product usage | 1.50 USD/additional concurrent slot/month above 200. | [Primary pricing](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructions) |
| Basic | Account plan | $0/month; 100 GiB Context/replay storage,10 Mbps basic bandwidth; compute extra. | [Primary pricing](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructions) |
| Pro | Account plan | $149/month; 1 TiB Context/replay storage; custom images;10 Mbps basic bandwidth; compute extra. | [Primary pricing](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructions) |
| Ultra | Account plan | $225/month; 1 TiB Context/replay storage; expand concurrency above 200 at 1.50 USD/slot/month; compute extra. | [Primary pricing](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructions) |

## Gotchas

- CPU and RAM actual usage time wording does not mean CPU utilization: FAQ explicitly charges running idle sessions.
- Premium bandwidth$0.123/GB is **inbound**, not generic outbound egress; do not swap directions.
- Included 100 GiB/1 TiB storage is Context and recordings, not root disk or guaranteed full VM snapshot retention.
- Eight-hour sessions and region/image capacity not confirmed by pricing page alone.
- Credits 0.0267 USD/unit meter LLM tokens only; subscription fees are not converted into compute credits.
- SDK source is open, not proof of self-hostable hosted runtime.
- Original public product launch date unverified here; public 2026 pricing update and SDK establish presence, not founding.

## Required worked example

4 vCPU / 8 GiB, 50 concurrent × 8 h/day × 22 days = **8,800 instance-hours**, 30% CPU, 50 GiB retained snapshots and 100 GiB egress.

50 concurrency requires Pro 149 USD/month rather than Basic 10 limit. Known compute `8,800×(4×.027+8×.0113)`=**$1,745.92**, plus Pro fee=**$1,894.92**. CPU 30% does not discount idle allocation. If 50 GiB are Context data, they fit 1 TiB allowance; this does not establish 50 GiB VM snapshot support.100 GiB outbound egress is not priced by the premium INBOUND meter. Eight-hour session eligibility and full total remain unconfirmed.

## Feature evidence

- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-pricing-adjustment-announcement
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/what-is-eds-agentbay
- https://github.com/aliyun/wuying-agentbay-sdk
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/agentbay-codespace
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/computeruse
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/agentbay-mobile-use