boxd vs DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

boxd

Persistent Linux machines for devs and AI agents.

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

Visit site boxd profile

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agents and their code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site DigitalOcean Harness Runtime profile

What is different

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

Field

boxd

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

vCPU, per hour: boxd: $0.047; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxd: $0.014; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Storage: boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Billing: boxd: Per second; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
Isolation: boxd: MicroVM; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: boxd: TypeScript, Python; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

boxdboxd.sh/pricing

DigitalOcean Harness Runtimedigitalocean.com/pricing/harness-runtimedigitalocean.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boxd: $0.047; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxd: $0.014; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Storage: boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Free tier: boxd: $30 credit with a payment method; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Paid plan from: boxd: Pay as you go; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing: boxd: Per second; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: boxd: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Idle stop: boxd: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: boxd: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boxd: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: boxd: MicroVM; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
GPU: boxd: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Snapshots: boxd:; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
Pause and resume: boxd:; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:

Developer

SDKs: boxd: TypeScript, Python; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
Integrations: boxd: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed

Trust

License: boxd: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
BYOC: boxd: Custom plan; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boxd

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boxd: $0.075; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boxd: $0.150; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boxd: $0.300; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.126 against $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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