boxes.dev vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

boxes.dev costs $0.15 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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boxes.dev

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

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

boxes.dev
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.15
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox
boxes.dev: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxes.dev: Up to 20
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Integrations
boxes.dev: Claude Code
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxes.dev: $0.15
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxes.dev: Included
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
boxes.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
boxes.dev: $19 / month
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
boxes.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
boxes.dev: After 5 minutes
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxes.dev: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxes.dev: Up to 20
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation
boxes.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
boxes.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
boxes.dev:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
boxes.dev:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
boxes.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
boxes.dev: Claude Code
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
boxes.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
boxes.dev: Teams plan
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxes.dev
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.150
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.300
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxes.dev: $0.600
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxes.dev fits when

  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.183 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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