BoxCompute vs exe.dev

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. exe.dev runs full VMs.

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BoxCompute

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

exe.dev

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxCompute
exe.dev
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
exe.dev: $0.0525
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
exe.dev: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
exe.dev: Included
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
exe.dev: $15 / month
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
exe.dev: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
exe.dev: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
exe.dev: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
exe.dev: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
exe.dev: Full VM
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
exe.dev: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
exe.dev: Not listed
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
exe.dev: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
exe.dev: Not listed
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
exe.dev: Claude Code

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
exe.dev: Not listed
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
exe.dev: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
exe.dev
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
exe.dev: $0.053
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
exe.dev: $0.105
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
exe.dev: $0.210

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxCompute fits when

  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

exe.dev fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.105 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB.

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