boxd vs InstaVM
boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.
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boxd
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- $30 credit with a payment method
- Max session
- Not listed
InstaVM
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $50 credit
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
7 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
boxd
InstaVM
- vCPU, per hour
- boxd: $0.047
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- boxd: $0.014
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Storage
- boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Free tier
- boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Paid plan from
- boxd: Pay as you go
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Isolation
- boxd: MicroVM
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- SDKs
- boxd: TypeScript, Python
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
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InstaVMinstavm
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- boxd: $0.047
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- boxd: $0.014
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Storage
- boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Free tier
- boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Paid plan from
- boxd: Pay as you go
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Billing
- boxd: Per second
- InstaVM: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- boxd: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Idle stop
- boxd: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- boxd: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- boxd: Not listed
- InstaVM: Up to 100
Platform
- Isolation
- boxd: MicroVM
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- boxd: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Snapshots
- boxd:
- InstaVM:
- Pause and resume
- boxd:
- InstaVM:
Developer
- SDKs
- boxd: TypeScript, Python
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- boxd: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
Trust
- License
- boxd: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- BYOC
- boxd: Custom plan
- InstaVM: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
boxd
InstaVM
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- boxd: $0.075
- InstaVM: $0.083
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- boxd: $0.150
- InstaVM: $0.166
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- boxd: $0.300
- InstaVM: $0.331
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich 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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
InstaVM fits when
- You want the larger free credit: $50 against $30.
- You need SOC 2 Type II.
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