boxes.dev vs Isorun

boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour and Isorun costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Isorun runs 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

Isorun

Isolated Linux microVMs from any Docker image.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Isorun profile

What is different

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

Field

boxes.dev

Isorun

vCPU, per hour: boxes.dev: $0.1875; Isorun: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxes.dev: Included; Isorun: $0.015
Free tier: boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included; Isorun: $50 credit
Paid plan from: boxes.dev: $19 / month; Isorun: Pay as you go
Billing: boxes.dev: Bundled machine time; Isorun: Per second
Integrations: boxes.dev: Claude Code; Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

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Isorundocs.isorun.ai/getting-started/pricingdocs.isorun.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boxes.dev: $0.1875; Isorun: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxes.dev: Included; Isorun: $0.015
Storage: boxes.dev: Not listed; Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Free tier: boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included; Isorun: $50 credit
Paid plan from: boxes.dev: $19 / month; Isorun: Pay as you go
Billing: boxes.dev: Bundled machine time; Isorun: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: boxes.dev: Not listed; Isorun: MicroVM
GPU: boxes.dev: Not listed; Isorun: Not listed
Snapshots: boxes.dev:; Isorun:
Pause and resume: boxes.dev:; Isorun:

Developer

SDKs: boxes.dev: Not listed; Isorun: TypeScript
Integrations: boxes.dev: Claude Code; Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boxes.dev

Isorun

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boxes.dev: $0.188; Isorun: $0.055
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boxes.dev: $0.375; Isorun: $0.110
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boxes.dev: $0.750; Isorun: $0.220

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxes.dev fits when

You use Claude Code.

Isorun fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.110 against $0.375 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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