boxd vs Docker Sandboxes
boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs.
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boxd
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- $30 credit with a payment method
- Max session
- Not listed
Docker Sandboxes
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
5 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
boxd
Docker Sandboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- boxd: $0.047
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- boxd: $0.014
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- Free tier
- boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Billing
- boxd: Per second
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- SDKs
- boxd: TypeScript, Python
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
boxdboxd
Docker Sandboxesdocker
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- boxd: $0.047
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- boxd: $0.014
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- Storage
- boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Free tier
- boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Paid plan from
- boxd: Pay as you go
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- boxd: Per second
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Limits
- Max session
- boxd: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Idle stop
- boxd: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- boxd: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- boxd: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
Platform
- Isolation
- boxd: MicroVM
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- GPU
- boxd: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Snapshots
- boxd:
- Docker Sandboxes:
- Pause and resume
- boxd:
- Docker Sandboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- boxd: TypeScript, Python
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- Integrations
- boxd: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP
Trust
- License
- boxd: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- boxd: Custom plan
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
boxd
Docker Sandboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- boxd: $0.075
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- boxd: $0.150
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- boxd: $0.300
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.280
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich 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.
Docker Sandboxes fits when
- You use MCP.
- You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
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