Beam Sandboxes vs boxd

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour and boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. boxd runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Beam Sandboxes

Cloud sandboxes for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Beam Sandboxes profile

boxd

Persistent Linux machines for devs and AI agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $30 credit with a payment method
Max session: Not listed

Visit site boxd profile

What is different

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

Field

Beam Sandboxes

boxd

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; boxd: $0.047
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; boxd: $0.014
Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; boxd: MicroVM
SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; boxd: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Beam Sandboxesbeam.cloud/pricing

boxdboxd.sh/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; boxd: $0.047
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; boxd: $0.014
Storage: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Paid plan from: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: Pay as you go
Billing: Beam Sandboxes: Per second; boxd: Per second

Limits

Max session: Beam Sandboxes: No limit; boxd: Not listed
Idle stop: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; boxd: MicroVM
GPU: Beam Sandboxes:; boxd: Not listed
Snapshots: Beam Sandboxes:; boxd:
Pause and resume: Beam Sandboxes:; boxd:

Developer

SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; boxd: TypeScript, Python
Integrations: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: Not listed

Trust

License: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: Not listed
BYOC: Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account; boxd: Custom plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Beam Sandboxes

boxd

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.114; boxd: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.227; boxd: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.454; boxd: $0.300

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Beam Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

boxd fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.227 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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