boxd vs Cua Fleets

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Cua Fleets costs $0.044625 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Cua Fleets runs gVisor.

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boxd

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 credit with a payment method
Max session
Not listed

Cua Fleets

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

boxd
Cua Fleets
vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: Free
Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Pause and resume
boxd:
Cua Fleets: No
SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: Free
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Billing
boxd: Per second
Cua Fleets: Per second

Limits

Max session
boxd: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Idle stop
boxd: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxd: Not listed
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxd: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
Cua Fleets: gVisor
GPU
boxd: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Snapshots
boxd:
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Pause and resume
boxd:
Cua Fleets: No

Developer

SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
boxd: Not listed
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
boxd: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
BYOC
boxd: Custom plan
Cua Fleets: Your AWS, Google Cloud, or Modal account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
Cua Fleets
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
Cua Fleets: $0.089
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
Cua Fleets: $0.179
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
Cua Fleets: $0.357

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.179 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

Cua Fleets fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need SOC 2.

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