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E2B by E2B (FoundryLabs)

Secure cloud sandboxes (microVMs) where agents run code, start in under a second.

Code sandboxes Official MCP server Open source

Price
Free plan
paid plans from $150/mo
Free tier
Yes
Hobby: $100 one-time usage credit, sessions up to 1...
SDK downloads
3.4M
npm e2b · PyPI e2b
Status
Up
2 incidents in 30 days

Pricing

Free tierHobby: $100 one-time usage credit, sessions up to 1 hour, 20 concurrent sandboxes
Cheapest paid plan$150 a month
Usage price$0.000014/s per vCPU ($0.0504 per vCPU-hour) + $0.0000045/s per GiB RAM; default sandbox 2 vCPU / 4 GiB
Good to knowBilled per second of running sandbox. Pro $150/month + usage (24-hour sessions, 100 concurrent; +$500/mo for 600, +$1,000/mo for 1,100). Enterprise requires $3,000/month minimum. Code-interpreter SDK: e2b-code-interpreter / @e2b/code-interpreter.

From the official pricing page, checked Oct 9, 2026. Prices change: confirm before you buy.

Use it from an agent

MCP serverOfficial: @e2b/mcp-server
npmnpm install e2b
PyPIpip install e2b
GitHube2b-dev/E2B · 14.3K stars · last push Oct 9, 2026

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