BoxCompute vs Sendblue Sandboxes

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and has no session limit. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers.

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BoxCompute

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Max session
No limit

Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Sendblue Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: No limit
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
BoxCompute: Claude Code
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Sendblue Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660

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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 use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.200 against $0.330 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Sendblue Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $10.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB.

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