BoxLite Cloud vs Docker Sandboxes

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

Docker Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxLite Cloud
Docker Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Docker Sandboxes: Included
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
Docker Sandboxes:
SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Docker Sandboxes: Included
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
Docker Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
BoxLite Cloud:
Docker Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: MCP

Trust

License
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxLite Cloud
Docker Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317
Docker Sandboxes: $0.280

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxLite Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.

Docker Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.158 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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