Apify AI Code Sandbox vs Phonebox

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

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

Phonebox

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

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Phonebox
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Phonebox: Up to 5
SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Phonebox: Not listed
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
Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Phonebox: Not listed
GPU
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Snapshots
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox:

Developer

SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Trust

License
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
BYOC
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Phonebox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
Phonebox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
Phonebox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
Phonebox: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Apify AI Code Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 3 hours.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5 against $2.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Phonebox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You need pause and resume.

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