boxes.dev vs OpenAI Code Interpreter

boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour. OpenAI Code Interpreter bills memory only, at $0.09 per GiB-hour. OpenAI Code Interpreter runs containers.

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boxes.dev

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

OpenAI Code Interpreter

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

boxes.dev
OpenAI Code Interpreter
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.09
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Memory only
Idle stop
boxes.dev: After 5 minutes
OpenAI Code Interpreter: After 20 minutes

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.1875
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.09
Storage
boxes.dev: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Memory only

Limits

Max session
boxes.dev: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Idle stop
boxes.dev: After 5 minutes
OpenAI Code Interpreter: After 20 minutes
Largest sandbox
boxes.dev: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
boxes.dev: Up to 10
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
boxes.dev: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Container
GPU
boxes.dev: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Snapshots
boxes.dev:
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Pause and resume
boxes.dev:
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
boxes.dev: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Integrations
boxes.dev: Claude Code
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Trust

License
boxes.dev: Not listed
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
BYOC
boxes.dev: Teams plan
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxes.dev
OpenAI Code Interpreter
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.188
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.180
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.375
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.360
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.750
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.720

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxes.dev fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

OpenAI Code Interpreter fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.360 against $0.375 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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