BoxCompute vs Isorun

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Isorun costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. Isorun runs microVMs.

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BoxCompute

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

Isorun

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Isorun
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Isorun: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Isorun: $0.015
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Isorun: $50 credit
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Isorun: Per second
Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Isorun: MicroVM
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Isorun: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Isorun: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Isorun: $0.015
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Isorun: $50 credit
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Isorun: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Isorun: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Isorun: TypeScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Isorun
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Isorun: $0.055
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Isorun: $0.110
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Isorun: $0.220

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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 need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Isorun fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.110 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $50 against $10.

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