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MIOSA vs E2B
Both run untrusted code in isolated sandboxes for AI agents. This page compares them on the independent ComputeSDK benchmark and on the capabilities MIOSA documents.
MIOSA 
E2B 
What E2B is
E2B provides open-source sandboxes for AI agents to execute code, described in its public documentation at (e2b.dev/docs, as of October 2026).
Measured performance
The independent ComputeSDK benchmark runs the same workload against every provider. That is the only apples-to-apples number here.
| Metric | MIOSA | E2B | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burst startup, median time-to-interactive | 57.09 ms (#1 of 32) | 1439.39 ms (#20) | 2026-10-23 |
| DAX full build, 2026-08-28 | 39.3 s (#1 of 19) | 72.0 s | 2026-08-28 |
| DAX full build, 2026-10-23 | 38.8 s (#3 of 22) | 75.0 s (#14) | 2026-10-23 |
Source: ComputeSDK, via our benchmark page. Burst startup is the time from a create request to the first successful command inside a fresh sandbox, under 100 concurrent creates. Where a run is not listed, the provider did not appear in that run.
Capabilities side by side
Each E2B answer comes from E2B’s own documentation or pricing page, linked in the last column, fetched on 2026-10-23. Each MIOSA answer links the page that documents it. “Not documented” means the vendor’s docs do not say, not that the feature is missing.
| Capability | MIOSA | E2B | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isolation | Firecracker microVM by default | Firecracker microVM | E2B docs |
| Sandbox lifetime | Idle timeout, 1 hour by default and up to 24 hours, extendable; computers persist | Up to 1 hour on Hobby, 24 hours on Pro | E2B docs |
| Pause, snapshots, forks | Yes: pause and resume, snapshots, restore and fork | Yes: pause and resume with memory, snapshots, forks | E2B docs |
| Full Linux desktop and computer use | Yes, Computers | Yes, E2B Desktop (Ubuntu XFCE over VNC) | E2B docs |
| Public preview URL for a port | Yes | Yes | E2B docs |
| Deploy to a production URL | Yes, Services and Docker Host, with releases and rollback | Not documented | E2B docs |
| Managed databases | Postgres, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, Qdrant | Not documented | E2B docs |
| SDKs | TypeScript, Python, Go, Elixir, Java, Rust | JavaScript/TypeScript, Python | E2B docs |
| CLI | Yes | Yes | E2B docs |
| MCP server | Yes, hosted | An MCP gateway that runs third-party tool servers inside sandboxes | E2B docs |
| Bring your own cloud | Yes, AWS and Google Cloud | Enterprise BYOC on AWS, GCP, Azure | E2B docs |
| Billing | Per second while running, one price per size | Per second, per vCPU and GiB | E2B docs |
| Regions | us-east, us-west, us-mia | An EU cluster on request; no full list published | E2B docs |
Where MIOSA differs
These capabilities are documented for MIOSA on this site:
- Persistent computers with a full Linux desktop, not only headless sandboxes. See Computers.
- Deployments and Docker Host, so a machine becomes a versioned URL or a containerized app. See Deployments.
- White-label platform, so your customers see your brand and domains. See White-label setup.
- One interface for everyone: MCP, a CLI, and six SDKs. See MCP, CLI, SDKs.
- Managed data with connection injection: Postgres, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, Qdrant. See Data.
- Regions and OpenComputers for machines you own. See Regions and OpenComputers.
When to choose each
- Choose E2B if you want an open-source, code-interpreter-first sandbox with a mature SDK and a large community, and you do not need desktops, deployments, or a white-label platform in the same product.
- Choose MIOSA if you want one platform for code sandboxes, full computers, agent runs, deployments, managed data, and a branded multi-tenant surface, with the measured startup figures above.
Sources
- E2B public documentation: https://e2b.dev/docs (as of October 2026).
- ComputeSDK benchmark results, via our Benchmark page (2026-10-23).
- MIOSA capabilities, as documented on this site.