boxd vs inis.run

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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boxd

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

inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

boxd
inis.run
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
inis.run: Included
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Billing
boxd: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
inis.run: Full VM
SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
inis.run: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
inis.run: Included
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
boxd: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
boxd: Not listed
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
boxd: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxd: Not listed
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxd: Not listed
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
boxd: Not listed
inis.run: No
Snapshots
boxd:
inis.run:
Pause and resume
boxd:
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
boxd: Not listed
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
boxd: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
boxd: Custom plan
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
inis.run: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

inis.run fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.

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