boxd vs Isorun

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Isorun costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Isorun runs microVMs.

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boxd

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

Isorun

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

boxd
Isorun
vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Isorun: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Isorun: $0.015
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Isorun: $50 credit
SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Isorun: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Isorun: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Isorun: $0.015
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Isorun: $50 credit
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Isorun: Pay as you go
Billing
boxd: Per second
Isorun: Per second

Limits

Max session
boxd: Not listed
Isorun: Not listed
Idle stop
boxd: Not listed
Isorun: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxd: Not listed
Isorun: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
boxd: Not listed
Isorun: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
Isorun: MicroVM
GPU
boxd: Not listed
Isorun: Not listed
Snapshots
boxd:
Isorun:
Pause and resume
boxd:
Isorun:

Developer

SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Isorun: TypeScript
Integrations
boxd: Not listed
Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
boxd: Not listed
Isorun: Not listed
BYOC
boxd: Custom plan
Isorun: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
Isorun
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
Isorun: $0.055
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
Isorun: $0.110
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
Isorun: $0.220

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Isorun fits when

  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.110 against $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $50 against $30.

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