boxd vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. boxd runs microVMs and has no session limit. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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boxd

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 credit with a payment method
Max session
No limit

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

boxd
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing
boxd: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox
boxd: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Integrations
boxd: Claude Code, MCP
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boxd: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
boxd: No limit
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
boxd: After 240 minutes
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxd: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxd: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
boxd: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
boxd:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
boxd:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
boxd: Claude Code, MCP
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
boxd: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
boxd: Custom plan
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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