BoxCompute vs Runta

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. Runta runs full VMs.

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BoxCompute

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

Runta

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$50 free credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Runta
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Runta: $0.0162
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Runta: $50 free credit
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Runta: Per second

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Runta: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Runta: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Runta
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Runta: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxCompute fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Runta fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $50 against $10.
  • You need snapshots.

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