boxes.dev vs EQVPS Sandboxes

boxes.dev costs $0.15 per vCPU-hour and EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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boxes.dev

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

EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

boxes.dev
EQVPS Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.15
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
boxes.dev: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Integrations
boxes.dev: Claude Code
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.15
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
boxes.dev: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
boxes.dev: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
boxes.dev: After 5 minutes
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
boxes.dev: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxes.dev: Up to 20
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
boxes.dev: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
boxes.dev: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
boxes.dev:
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
boxes.dev:
EQVPS Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
boxes.dev: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
boxes.dev: Claude Code
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
boxes.dev: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
boxes.dev: Teams plan
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxes.dev
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.150
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.300
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.600
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxes.dev fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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