# OpenPond Cloud Sandboxes

Official pricing: https://openpond.ai/pricing  
Category: agent-sandbox · Isolation: firecracker

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **On-demand** (resource): $0.072/vCPU-h, $0.0234/GiB-h: default (1 vCPU / 2 GiB / 10 GiB) 1 vCPU/2 GiB $0.11988/h

## Features

Yes: snapshots, fork/clone, pause/resume, persistent disk, volumes, idle auto-stop, ≥24 h sessions, custom image (Docker or snapshot), start from your own snapshot, your own Docker/OCI image, full VM (own kernel), Docker inside, HTTPS preview URLs, egress allowlist, open source, SSO, Node.js, live fork (no pause), scheduled runs (cron), scoped API keys, spend limits, MCP server, snapshots on demand, hosted agent API (their own agent), gVisor or VM (no shared kernel), inbound access rules, firewall inside (nftables), extra volumes

No: memory snapshots, nested virtualization, browser, desktop GUI, computer-use API, browser + desktop control, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, residential IPs, preinstalled agents, SSH, public IPv4, static egress IP, self-hosting, BYOC, GPU, arm64, Windows, macOS, Python, HTTP method/path egress rules, wake on request, live resize, memory fork, automatic snapshots, agent harness API, secret proxy, secret proxy for any API, shared volumes

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

## Caveats

- Priced from the published default sandbox rate ($0.0000333/s = $0.12/h for 1 vCPU / 2 GiB / 10 GiB disk). No larger size or per-resource formula is published; bigger workloads show as capped at the default size. Durable storage $0.0518/GiB-month (used for retained state). Monthly usage credits ($10 Starter / $20 Pro) also cover model calls. Egress and max session length unpublished.
- Features set to null were not verified. No sandbox was purchased or tested; feature/performance statements are documentation claims. Null maximums are unknown unless a cited note explicitly states unlimited.
- A complete monthly bill requires known snapshot/egress/plan limits; do not silently treat missing ancillary charges as free.
- Rate card is served with pricingSource "openpond_poc_config" in the SDK types, and docs say 'The authenticated Billing page and the SDK pricing endpoint are authoritative for the rate card applied to your account'. Treat the published retail rates as possibly provisional.

## How this provider charges


As of 2026-09-28. Prices are USD unless explicitly labelled otherwise. Source type: official published list/promo or unknown, never a fabricated quote.

Hosted sandbox plans with monthly shared usage credits. CPU/RAM unit rates not found. Team subscription is not an unlimited compute pool.

| Regime | When it applies | How billed / numbers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 concurrent | Limited included monthly usage; top-ups available. | https://openpond.ai/pricing |
| Starter | $10/month | $10 usage;10 concurrent;3 members included, extra$8/member. | https://openpond.ai/pricing |
| Pro | $20/month | $20 usage;10 concurrent;3 members included, extra$8/member. | https://openpond.ai/pricing |
| Enterprise | C50 workload | Custom dedicated capacity and usage policy. | https://openpond.ai/pricing |

## Gotchas

- Hosted sandbox plans with monthly shared usage credits. CPU/RAM unit rates not found. Team subscription is not an unlimited compute pool.
- Not fully priceable in ENGINE_CARD: unknown USD resource rates or machine shape. Null is not zero; do not rank as a free provider.
- Features set to null were not verified. No sandbox was purchased or tested; feature/performance statements are documentation claims. Null maximums are unknown unless a cited note explicitly states unlimited.
- A complete monthly bill requires known snapshot/egress/plan limits; do not silently treat missing ancillary charges as free.

## Worked workload

4 vCPU / 8 GiB; 50 simultaneous instances × 8 h/day × 22 days = **8,800 instance-hours**, **35,200 vCPU-hours**, **70,400 GiB-hours**. At 30% observed CPU:10,560 active-vCPU-hours only where the meter actually uses utilization. Assume one start/instance/day:1,100starts. Retain50GiB snapshots for a month;100GiB outbound. Active disk capacity was not specified.

Self-serve concurrency10 cannot serve50. Need Enterprise quote and resource-hour rates; cannot divide plan fees by8,800h to invent a rate.

## Sources

- https://openpond.ai/pricing
- https://github.com/openpond/openpond