BoxCompute vs Krova Cloud

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and has no session limit. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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BoxCompute

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Max session
No limit

Krova Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Krova Cloud
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Krova Cloud: $0.001
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Free tier
BoxCompute: $5 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Krova Cloud: Per second
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 4 vCPU · 16 GiB
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
Snapshots
BoxCompute: No
Krova Cloud:
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Claude Code, MCP
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Krova Cloud: $0.001
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxCompute: $5 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Krova Cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: No limit
Krova Cloud: No limit
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 30 minutes
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 4 vCPU · 16 GiB
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Up to 8
Krova Cloud: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: No
Krova Cloud:
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
Krova Cloud:

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Claude Code, MCP
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Krova Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Krova Cloud: $0.006
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Krova Cloud: $0.012
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Krova Cloud: $0.024

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

Krova Cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.012 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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