BoxCompute vs Unikraft Cloud

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. Unikraft Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs.

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BoxCompute

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

Unikraft Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Hobby plan, free forever
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Unikraft Cloud
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud:
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
Unikraft Cloud:

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
Unikraft Cloud: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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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.

Unikraft Cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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