BoxCompute vs Koyeb Sandboxes

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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BoxCompute

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

Koyeb Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Koyeb Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Koyeb Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058

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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 pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.029 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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