BoxCompute vs Sandock

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours.

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BoxCompute

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

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Sandock
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Sandock: None
Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Sandock: Container
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sandock: MCP

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Sandock
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Sandock: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxCompute fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Sandock fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB.

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