Agent Sandbox vs boxd
boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. boxd runs microVMs.
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Agent Sandbox
- Isolation
- Container
- Free tier
- $10 credit with a Google sign-in
- Max session
- Not listed
boxd
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- $30 credit with a payment method
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
4 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
Agent Sandbox
boxd
- Storage
- Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
- boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
- Free tier
- Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
- boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
- Isolation
- Agent Sandbox: Container
- boxd: MicroVM
- SDKs
- Agent Sandbox: Python
- boxd: TypeScript, Python
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
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Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd: $0.047
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd: $0.014
- Storage
- Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
- boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
- Free tier
- Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
- boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
- Paid plan from
- Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
- boxd: Pay as you go
- Billing
- Agent Sandbox: Per second
- boxd: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd: Not listed
- Idle stop
- Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
- boxd: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd: Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- Agent Sandbox: Container
- boxd: MicroVM
- GPU
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd: Not listed
- Snapshots
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd:
- Pause and resume
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd:
Developer
- SDKs
- Agent Sandbox: Python
- boxd: TypeScript, Python
- Integrations
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd: Claude Code
Trust
- License
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd: Not listed
- BYOC
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd: Custom plan
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Agent Sandbox
boxd
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd: $0.075
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd: $0.150
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- boxd: $0.300
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
boxd fits when
- You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
- You use Claude Code.
- You want the larger free credit: $30 against $10.
- You need snapshots.
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