boxes.dev vs Docker Sandboxes

boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour and Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated

boxes.dev

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

Docker Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

boxes.dev
Docker Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.1875
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.1875
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
Docker Sandboxes: Included
Storage
boxes.dev: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
boxes.dev: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
boxes.dev: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxes.dev: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxes.dev: Up to 10
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
boxes.dev: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
boxes.dev: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
boxes.dev:
Docker Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
boxes.dev:
Docker Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
boxes.dev: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
boxes.dev: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: MCP

Trust

License
boxes.dev: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
boxes.dev: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxes.dev
Docker Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.188
Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.375
Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.750
Docker Sandboxes: $0.280

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Docker Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.375 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

More comparisons

See all comparisons

Related