boxd vs Freestyle VMs

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs.

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

Freestyle VMs

Full Linux virtual machines for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free plan, $0 forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Freestyle VMs profile

What is different

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

Field

boxd

Freestyle VMs

vCPU, per hour: boxd: $0.047; Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxd: $0.014; Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage: boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour; Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier: boxd: $30 credit with a payment method; Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from: boxd: Pay as you go; Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Isolation: boxd: MicroVM; Freestyle VMs: Full VM
SDKs: boxd: TypeScript, Python; Freestyle VMs: JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

boxdboxd.sh/pricing

Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boxd: $0.047; Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxd: $0.014; Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage: boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour; Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier: boxd: $30 credit with a payment method; Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from: boxd: Pay as you go; Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Billing: boxd: Per second; Freestyle VMs: Per second

Limits

Max session: boxd: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Idle stop: boxd: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Largest sandbox: boxd: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boxd: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Up to 400

Platform

Isolation: boxd: MicroVM; Freestyle VMs: Full VM
GPU: boxd: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Snapshots: boxd:; Freestyle VMs:
Pause and resume: boxd:; Freestyle VMs:

Developer

SDKs: boxd: TypeScript, Python; Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations: boxd: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK

Trust

License: boxd: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
BYOC: boxd: Custom plan; Freestyle VMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boxd

Freestyle VMs

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boxd: $0.075; Freestyle VMs: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boxd: $0.150; Freestyle VMs: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boxd: $0.300; Freestyle VMs: $0.264

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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 need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Freestyle VMs fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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