boxd vs Superserve

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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boxd

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

Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

boxd
Superserve
vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Superserve: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Superserve: Not listed
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
boxd: Per second
Superserve: Per second

Limits

Max session
boxd: Not listed
Superserve: No limit
Idle stop
boxd: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxd: Not listed
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxd: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
GPU
boxd: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Snapshots
boxd:
Superserve:
Pause and resume
boxd:
Superserve:

Developer

SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
boxd: Not listed
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
Superserve
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
Superserve: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
Superserve: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
Superserve: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Superserve fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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