Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Phonebox

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agent workloads.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox profile

Phonebox

Cloud Android phones that AI agents control through their screens.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Max session: 3 hours

Visit site Phonebox profile

What is different

1 field differs. The rest are the same or not listed.

Field

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Phonebox

Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandboxalibabacloud.com/help/en/cs/user-guide/agent-sandboxalibabacloud.com

Phoneboxphonebox.dev/pricingphonebox.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Phonebox: Not listed
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; Phonebox: Not listed
Snapshots: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Phonebox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Phonebox:

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: MCP

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Phonebox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Phonebox fits when

You use MCP.

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