BoxCompute vs LangSmith Sandboxes

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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BoxCompute

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

LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxCompute
LangSmith Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
LangSmith Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
LangSmith Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378

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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 want the larger free credit: $10 against $8.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.189 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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