boxes.dev vs Runta

boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour and Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Runta runs full VMs.

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

Runta

Isolated computers where AI agents work and keep state.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $50 free credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runta profile

What is different

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

Field

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Runta

vCPU, per hour: boxes.dev: $0.1875; Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxes.dev: Included; Runta: $0.0162
Free tier: boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included; Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from: boxes.dev: $19 / month; Runta: Pay as you go
Billing: boxes.dev: Bundled machine time; Runta: Per second

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boxes.dev: $0.1875; Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxes.dev: Included; Runta: $0.0162
Storage: boxes.dev: Not listed; Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included; Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from: boxes.dev: $19 / month; Runta: Pay as you go
Billing: boxes.dev: Bundled machine time; Runta: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: boxes.dev: Not listed; Runta: Full VM
GPU: boxes.dev: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
Snapshots: boxes.dev:; Runta:
Pause and resume: boxes.dev:; Runta:

Developer

SDKs: boxes.dev: Not listed; Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: boxes.dev: Not listed; Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boxes.dev

Runta

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Runta fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
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.

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