BoxCompute vs Cloudflare Sandbox

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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BoxCompute

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Max session
42 hours

Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Cloudflare Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Cloudflare Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxCompute fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.180 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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