BoxCompute vs inis.run

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. inis.run 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
42 hours

inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

BoxCompute
inis.run
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
inis.run: No limit
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
inis.run: Included
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
inis.run: No
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
inis.run:
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
inis.run: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxCompute fits when

  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

inis.run fits when

  • A session must run longer than 42 hours.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB.

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