boxes.dev vs Sandock

boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Sandock profile

What is different

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

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boxes.dev

Sandock

Free tier: boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: boxes.dev: $19 / month; Sandock: $5 / month
Concurrent sandboxes: boxes.dev: Up to 10; Sandock: Up to 150

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boxes.dev: $0.1875; Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxes.dev: Included; Sandock: Not listed
Storage: boxes.dev: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
Free tier: boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: boxes.dev: $19 / month; Sandock: $5 / month
Billing: boxes.dev: Bundled machine time; Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session: boxes.dev: Not listed; Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop: boxes.dev: Not listed; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: boxes.dev: Not listed; Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boxes.dev: Up to 10; Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation: boxes.dev: Not listed; Sandock: Container
GPU: boxes.dev: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots: boxes.dev:; Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume: boxes.dev:; Sandock:

Developer

SDKs: boxes.dev: Not listed; Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations: boxes.dev: Not listed; Sandock: MCP

Trust

License: boxes.dev: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
BYOC: boxes.dev: Not listed; Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boxes.dev

Sandock

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boxes.dev: $0.188; Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boxes.dev: $0.375; Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boxes.dev: $0.750; Sandock: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxes.dev fits when

You want to start without paying.
You need snapshots.

Sandock fits when

You use MCP.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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