BoxCompute vs microsandbox cloud

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs.

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BoxCompute

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

microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxCompute
microsandbox cloud
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
microsandbox cloud: No
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
microsandbox cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: No
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
microsandbox cloud:
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
microsandbox cloud: No

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
microsandbox cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
microsandbox cloud: $0.330

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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.

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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