BoxLite Cloud vs Deno Sandbox

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

What is different

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

BoxLite Cloud
Deno Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
Deno Sandbox:
SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
Deno Sandbox:
Pause and resume
BoxLite Cloud:
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxLite Cloud
Deno Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317
Deno Sandbox: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxLite Cloud fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.158 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

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