Leaderboard
E2B
E2BFirecracker microVMs purpose-built for AI agents.
Runs
143
measured
Total p50
1.01 s
wall time
Total p99
11.14 s
tail latency
Cold start p50
152 ms
create → ready
Avg cost
$0.00009
per run
Success
92.3%
116–26–1 record
+Head to head
E2B vs the field
Where E2B lands against every other tested sandbox. Switch the stat to compare on speed, tail latency, cold start, cost, reliability, or the objective composite.
Vs the field
E2B ranks 1st of 8 on Speed · p50
lower is better
+Per workload
Wall time by workload
median total wall time · fastest first
| Workload | Runs | Total p50 | Total p99 | Cold p50 | Avg cost | Success |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| build a Next.js app | 11 | 235 ms | 355 ms | 146 ms | $0.00001 | 0% |
| Cold start | 39 | 277 ms | 869 ms | 162 ms | $0.00001 | 100% |
| filesystem storm | 31 | 4.23 s | 4.72 s | 152 ms | $0.00015 | 100% |
| git clone | 30 | 942 ms | 1.53 s | 153 ms | $0.00003 | 100% |
| npm install | 16 | 2.27 s | 3.12 s | 151 ms | $0.00008 | 100% |
| python import | 16 | 9.79 s | 11.19 s | 144 ms | $0.00036 | 100% |
+Recent runs
Wall time, recent runs
pass fail
| Workload | vs | Total | Provision | Exec | Cost | OK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold start | Dedalus | 267 ms | 151 ms | 116 ms | $0.00000 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Dedalus | 475 ms | 148 ms | 327 ms | $0.00001 | ✓ |
| python import | Daytona | 11.09 s | 336 ms | 10.75 s | $0.00040 | ✓ |
| Cold start | CodeSandbox | 539 ms | 289 ms | 250 ms | $0.00001 | ✓ |
| git clone | Dedalus | 1.62 s | 270 ms | 1.35 s | $0.00005 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Dedalus | 627 ms | 413 ms | 214 ms | $0.00001 | ✓ |
| python import | CodeSandbox | 10.01 s | 161 ms | 9.85 s | $0.00036 | ✓ |
| npm install | CodeSandbox | 2.62 s | 159 ms | 2.46 s | $0.00009 | ✓ |
| git clone | Blaxel | 1.02 s | 147 ms | 876 ms | $0.00003 | ✓ |
| filesystem storm | Blaxel | 4.73 s | 173 ms | 4.55 s | $0.00017 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Blaxel | 277 ms | 162 ms | 115 ms | $0.00000 | ✓ |
| filesystem storm | CodeSandbox | 4.22 s | 119 ms | 4.11 s | $0.00015 | ✓ |
| git clone | CodeSandbox | 935 ms | 173 ms | 762 ms | $0.00003 | ✓ |
| Cold start | CodeSandbox | 250 ms | 154 ms | 96 ms | $0.00000 | ✓ |
| filesystem storm | Declaw | 4.20 s | 145 ms | 4.05 s | $0.00015 | ✓ |
| git clone | Declaw | 1.01 s | 117 ms | 894 ms | $0.00003 | ✓ |
| npm install | Daytona | 2.18 s | 165 ms | 2.02 s | $0.00007 | ✓ |
| python import | Sprites | 9.37 s | 142 ms | 9.22 s | $0.00034 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Declaw | 292 ms | 176 ms | 116 ms | $0.00000 | ✓ |
| python import | Daytona | 9.85 s | 129 ms | 9.72 s | $0.00036 | ✓ |
| filesystem storm | Daytona | 4.26 s | 155 ms | 4.11 s | $0.00015 | ✓ |
| git clone | Daytona | 1.14 s | 168 ms | 968 ms | $0.00004 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Daytona | 316 ms | 165 ms | 151 ms | $0.00001 | ✓ |
| build a Next.js app | Sprites | 253 ms | 183 ms | 70 ms | $0.00001 | ✗ |
| npm install | Sprites | 2.15 s | 124 ms | 2.03 s | $0.00007 | ✓ |
| git clone | Sprites | 1.07 s | 158 ms | 916 ms | $0.00003 | ✓ |
| filesystem storm | Sprites | 4.44 s | 496 ms | 3.94 s | $0.00015 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Sprites | 233 ms | 144 ms | 89 ms | $0.00000 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Dedalus | 248 ms | 161 ms | 87 ms | $0.00000 | ✓ |
| git clone | Dedalus | 1.30 s | 322 ms | 975 ms | $0.00004 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Dedalus | 822 ms | 632 ms | 190 ms | $0.00001 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Dedalus | 505 ms | 222 ms | 283 ms | $0.00001 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Dedalus | 897 ms | 697 ms | 200 ms | $0.00001 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Dedalus | 560 ms | 304 ms | 256 ms | $0.00001 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Dedalus | 646 ms | 382 ms | 264 ms | $0.00001 | ✓ |
| npm install | CodeSandbox | 2.60 s | 117 ms | 2.48 s | $0.00009 | ✓ |
| filesystem storm | Blaxel | 4.10 s | 156 ms | 3.95 s | $0.00015 | ✓ |
| git clone | Blaxel | 890 ms | 176 ms | 714 ms | $0.00003 | ✓ |
| git clone | Blaxel | 943 ms | 133 ms | 810 ms | $0.00003 | ✓ |
| filesystem storm | Blaxel | 4.06 s | 131 ms | 3.92 s | $0.00015 | ✓ |
| git clone | CodeSandbox | 937 ms | 135 ms | 802 ms | $0.00003 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Blaxel | 203 ms | 124 ms | 79 ms | $0.00000 | ✓ |
| Cold start | Blaxel | 446 ms | 165 ms | 281 ms | $0.00001 | ✓ |
| filesystem storm | CodeSandbox | 4.49 s | 174 ms | 4.31 s | $0.00016 | ✓ |
| git clone | CodeSandbox | 1.07 s | 170 ms | 905 ms | $0.00003 | ✓ |
| filesystem storm | CodeSandbox | 4.13 s | 136 ms | 3.99 s | $0.00015 | ✓ |
| Cold start | CodeSandbox | 367 ms | 286 ms | 81 ms | $0.00000 | ✓ |
| Cold start | CodeSandbox | 197 ms | 117 ms | 80 ms | $0.00000 | ✓ |
| filesystem storm | Declaw | 4.43 s | 127 ms | 4.30 s | $0.00016 | ✓ |
| git clone | Declaw | 921 ms | 162 ms | 759 ms | $0.00003 | ✓ |
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