BoxCompute vs EQVPS Sandboxes

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and has no session limit. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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BoxCompute

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Max session
No limit

EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

BoxCompute
EQVPS Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Free tier
BoxCompute: $5 credit, one time, valid 14 days
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Max session
BoxCompute: No limit
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 30 minutes
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 4 vCPU · 16 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Up to 8
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Claude Code, MCP
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
BoxCompute: $5 credit, one time, valid 14 days
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: No limit
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 30 minutes
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 4 vCPU · 16 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Up to 8
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: No
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
EQVPS Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Claude Code, MCP
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxCompute fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5 against $1.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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