boxes.dev vs Fly.io Sprites

boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour and Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs.

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boxes.dev

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

Fly.io Sprites

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 trial credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

boxes.dev
Fly.io Sprites
vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.1875
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

boxes.devboxes.dev
Fly.io Spritesfly.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.1875
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
boxes.dev: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
boxes.dev: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Idle stop
boxes.dev: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxes.dev: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
boxes.dev: Up to 10
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
boxes.dev: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
GPU
boxes.dev: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Snapshots
boxes.dev:
Fly.io Sprites:
Pause and resume
boxes.dev:
Fly.io Sprites:

Developer

SDKs
boxes.dev: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
boxes.dev: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
boxes.dev: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
BYOC
boxes.dev: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxes.dev
Fly.io Sprites
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.188
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.375
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.750
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 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.

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