BoxCompute vs Everstack

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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BoxCompute

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Max session
No limit

Everstack

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Everstack
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Everstack: $0.0666
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Everstack: $0.0666
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Everstack: Included
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Everstack: Free
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Everstack: $20 / month
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Everstack: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: No limit
Everstack: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Everstack: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
Everstack: Up to 50

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Everstack: Not listed
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
Everstack: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
Everstack:
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
Everstack:

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
BoxCompute: Claude Code
Everstack: Not listed

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
Everstack: Apache-2.0
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
Everstack: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Everstack
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Everstack: $0.067
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Everstack: $0.133
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Everstack: $0.266

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxCompute fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the larger free credit: $10 against $5.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Everstack fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.133 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB.

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