boxes.dev vs Deno Sandbox

boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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boxes.dev

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Max session
Not listed

Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

What is different

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

boxes.dev
Deno Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.1875
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Concurrent sandboxes
boxes.dev: Up to 10
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.1875
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
boxes.dev: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
boxes.dev: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop
boxes.dev: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxes.dev: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxes.dev: Up to 10
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
boxes.dev: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
boxes.dev: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
boxes.dev:
Deno Sandbox:
Pause and resume
boxes.dev:
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
boxes.dev: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
boxes.dev: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
boxes.dev: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
boxes.dev: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxes.dev
Deno Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.188
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.375
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.750
Deno Sandbox: $0.600

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxes.dev fits when

  • You need pause and resume.

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.300 against $0.375 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

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