boxd vs Deno Sandbox

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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boxd

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

Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

What is different

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

boxd
Deno Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
boxd: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
boxd: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
boxd: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop
boxd: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxd: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxd: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
boxd: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
boxd:
Deno Sandbox:
Pause and resume
boxd:
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
boxd: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
boxd: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
boxd: Custom plan
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
Deno Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
Deno Sandbox: $0.600

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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 the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

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