boxd vs Buddy Sandboxes

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs and has no session limit. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

boxd

Persistent Linux machines for devs and AI agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $30 credit with a payment method
Max session: No limit

Visit site boxd profile

Buddy Sandboxes

Persistent Linux VMs that AI agents create and control through an API, SDK, CLI or MCP.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $1 of usage credit every month
Max session: No limit

Visit site Buddy Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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boxd

Buddy Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: boxd: $0.047; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxd: $0.014; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Storage: boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Free tier: boxd: $30 credit with a payment method; Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Paid plan from: boxd: Pay as you go; Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Largest sandbox: boxd: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB; Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Isolation: boxd: MicroVM; Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs: boxd: TypeScript, Python; Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: boxd: Claude Code, MCP; Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

boxdboxd.sh/pricing

Buddy Sandboxesbuddy.works/docs/basics/billing-and-usage/gbminbuddy.works

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boxd: $0.047; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxd: $0.014; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Storage: boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Free tier: boxd: $30 credit with a payment method; Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Paid plan from: boxd: Pay as you go; Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Billing: boxd: Per second; Buddy Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: boxd: No limit; Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: boxd: After 240 minutes; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: boxd: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB; Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boxd: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: boxd: MicroVM; Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU: boxd: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: boxd:; Buddy Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: boxd:; Buddy Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: boxd: TypeScript, Python; Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: boxd: Claude Code, MCP; Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: boxd: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: boxd: Custom plan; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boxd

Buddy Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boxd: $0.075; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boxd: $0.150; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boxd: $0.300; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the larger free credit: $30 against $1.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.086 against $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

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