boxes.dev vs InstaVM

boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

boxes.dev

Cloud computers for Claude Code and Codex.

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

Visit site boxes.dev profile

InstaVM

Hardware-isolated microVMs for AI agent code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site InstaVM profile

What is different

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

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boxes.dev

InstaVM

vCPU, per hour: boxes.dev: $0.1875; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxes.dev: Included; InstaVM: $0.0162
Free tier: boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: boxes.dev: $19 / month; InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing: boxes.dev: Bundled machine time; InstaVM: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes: boxes.dev: Up to 10; InstaVM: Up to 100

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boxes.dev: $0.1875; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxes.dev: Included; InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage: boxes.dev: Not listed; InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: boxes.dev: $19 / month; InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing: boxes.dev: Bundled machine time; InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session: boxes.dev: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop: boxes.dev: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox: boxes.dev: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: boxes.dev: Up to 10; InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: boxes.dev: Not listed; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
GPU: boxes.dev: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Snapshots: boxes.dev:; InstaVM:
Pause and resume: boxes.dev:; InstaVM:

Developer

SDKs: boxes.dev: Not listed; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: boxes.dev: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License: boxes.dev: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC: boxes.dev: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boxes.dev

InstaVM

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boxes.dev: $0.188; InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boxes.dev: $0.375; InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boxes.dev: $0.750; InstaVM: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

InstaVM fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.375 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

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