Agent Sandbox vs BoxLite Cloud

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs.

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Agent Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session
Not listed

BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

5 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Agent Sandbox
BoxLite Cloud
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
BoxLite Cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
GPU
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: No
Pause and resume
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud:

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
BoxLite Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxLite Cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $10.

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