Blaxel vs BoxLite Cloud

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Blaxel

Sandboxes that pause when idle and resume with state.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Credit of up to $200
Max session: No limit

Visit site Blaxel profile

BoxLite Cloud

Hosted microVM boxes for AI agents, with an SDK.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $100 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site BoxLite Cloud profile

What is different

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

Field

Blaxel

BoxLite Cloud

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Snapshots: Blaxel:; BoxLite Cloud: No
SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

BoxLite Clouddocs.boxlite.ai/cloud/pricingdocs.boxlite.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; BoxLite Cloud: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
GPU: Blaxel: Not listed; BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots: Blaxel:; BoxLite Cloud: No
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; BoxLite Cloud:

Developer

SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; BoxLite Cloud: Not listed

Trust

License: Blaxel: Not listed; BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC; BoxLite Cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

BoxLite Cloud

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; BoxLite Cloud: $0.317

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You want the larger free credit: $200 against $100.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

BoxLite Cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You want the lower list price: $0.158 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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