BoxCompute vs Sandbox0

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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BoxCompute

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

Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Sandbox0
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Sandbox0: $0.015
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Sandbox0: Memory only
Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
Sandbox0: No limit
Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sandbox0: Free
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Sandbox0: $0.120

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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.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • A session must run longer than 42 hours.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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