Apify AI Code Sandbox vs BoxLite Cloud

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$5 of usage every month
Max session
No limit

BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
BoxLite Cloud
vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Storage
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Disk in the run is part of the compute price. The workspace backup goes to a key-value store at $1 per 1,000 GB-hours, plus reads and writes. Data transfer out $0.20 per GB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Storage
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Disk in the run is part of the compute price. The workspace backup goes to a key-value store at $1 per 1,000 GB-hours, plus reads and writes. Data transfer out $0.20 per GB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
BoxLite Cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
GPU
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: No
Pause and resume
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud:

Developer

SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
BoxLite Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Apify AI Code Sandbox fits when

  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

BoxLite Cloud fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.158 against $0.800 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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