# orkestr Sandboxes

Official pricing: https://orkestr.eu/sandboxes  
Category: agent-sandbox · Isolation: vm

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **Pay-as-you-go sandbox (metered on actual use)** (resource): $0.051201/vCPU-h, $0.017067/GiB-h [beta]

## Features

Yes: snapshots, memory snapshots, pause/resume, persistent disk, volumes, idle auto-stop, ≥24 h sessions, custom image (Docker or snapshot), start from your own snapshot, full VM (own kernel), Docker inside, HTTPS preview URLs, egress allowlist, open internet, SSO, Python, Node.js, wake on request, EU data residency, MCP server, automatic snapshots, snapshots on demand, hosted agent API (their own agent), gVisor or VM (no shared kernel), inbound access rules, firewall inside (nftables), extra volumes

No: fork/clone, your own Docker/OCI image, 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, open source, SOC 2, HIPAA, GPU, arm64, Windows, macOS, HTTP method/path egress rules, live resize, live fork (no pause), memory fork, 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/orkestr.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- Rates come from the Sandboxes tab of orkestr.eu/pricing (rendered from the site's JS bundle); the orkestr.eu/sandboxes page still says 'Published rates land once we have metered real workloads'. Treat as a published but early (beta) rate card. Billed on actual on-CPU time and working-set RAM, so idle sandboxes cost almost nothing. First 10 GB of held storage (snapshots + templates) free, then EUR 0.10/GB-month. Egress price unpublished; full egress needs a paid verified account.
- Default network off; full egress needs paid verified account.
- 150–300 ms cold-start claims vary by page/template; no benchmark recorded.
- Worked example assumes resources are released between active windows unless a retained-instance scenario is explicitly discussed.
- VAT basis: Unknown: reviewed pricing source does not explicitly establish VAT/tax inclusion.
- Residency: Provider claims code, memory, snapshots and environment remain EU; Falkenstein DE, Helsinki FI, Roubaix FR; DPA available. Not independently audited.
- Billing-basis conflict: the pricing FAQ says sandboxes bill actual on-CPU time and working-set RAM (idle almost free), but orkestr.eu/docs/sandboxes says each sandbox is 'metered per second of wall-clock time it's alive (whether or not the workload is busy)'. Idle-heavy estimates may be understated until the provider resolves this.

## How this provider charges


As of 2026-09-28. Price basis: public list/reference unless labeled historical, illustrative, promo or unpriced.

Self-serve beta EU-operated hardware-isolated Linux VMs. Landing page explicitly says numeric rates will be published after metering real workloads. Per-second CPU/RAM and snapshot billing declared, not enough to quantify. No platform fee or request charge for sandboxes; do not borrow pricing for other orkestr products.

## Currency, VAT and residency
- Native catalog: EUR. FX: 1 EUR = 1.1378 USD, ECB 2026-09-28 ([source](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/euro_reference_exchange_rates/html/index.cs.html)). USD-listed catalogs remain independent quotes.
- Tax: Unknown: reviewed pricing source does not explicitly establish VAT/tax inclusion.
- Residency/restrictions: Provider claims code, memory, snapshots and environment remain EU; Falkenstein DE, Helsinki FI, Roubaix FR; DPA available. Not independently audited.

## Regimes
| Regime | When it applies | How billed | Native / USD numbers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| beta | Beta sandbox | allocated wall time; 1 second increment | EUR None/vCPU-h + None/GiB-h → USD None + None; null means unknown | https://orkestr.eu/sandboxes |
| free-tier | Beta initial usage | See rule | Free to start; quantity not published, not unlimited zero cost. | https://orkestr.eu/sandboxes |

## Gotchas
- Numeric CPU/RAM/storage tariffs and free-tier quantity unpublished.
- Default network off; full egress needs paid verified account.
- 150–300 ms cold-start claims vary by page/template; no benchmark recorded.
- Unknowns remain null, not free; generic infrastructure modes are opt-in alt.
- Worked example assumes resources are released between active windows unless a retained-instance scenario is explicitly discussed.
- VAT basis: Unknown: reviewed pricing source does not explicitly establish VAT/tax inclusion.
- Residency: Provider claims code, memory, snapshots and environment remain EU; Falkenstein DE, Helsinki FI, Roubaix FR; DPA available. Not independently audited.

## Required worked example
4 vCPU / 8 GiB requested; 50 simultaneous workers × 8 hours/day × 22 days = **8,800 instance-hours**, 1,100 daily sessions. CPU utilization 30% does not reduce allocated-resource charges. Snapshot retention is **50 GiB total for 730 hours**, not 50 GiB per worker; egress is **100 GiB total**. Root disk size was not specified, so root/volume costs are not silently assigned zero.
- beta: compute **unknown**; cannot produce a comparable quote.
- 50 GiB retained snapshots: **unknown/unverified feature or price**, not USD 0.
- 100 GiB egress: **unknown**, not USD 0.
- Full all-in bill: **null** where any required storage/network/fee or eligibility fact is unresolved. Quota raises may be necessary for 200 aggregate vCPU / 400 GiB RAM.

## Sources
- https://orkestr.eu/sandboxes
- https://orkestr.eu/docs/sandboxes
- https://orkestr.eu/pricing