boxd vs Runloop

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Runloop runs microVMs.

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boxd

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

Runloop

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
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Runloop: $50 credit
SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Runloop: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
boxd: Per second
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
boxd: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
boxd: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxd: Not listed
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxd: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
boxd: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
boxd: Custom plan
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
Runloop: $0.634

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Runloop fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the larger free credit: $50 against $30.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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