BoxLite Cloud vs EQVPS Sandboxes

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

BoxLite Cloud
EQVPS Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code, MCP
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
BoxLite Cloud:
EQVPS Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code, MCP
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxLite Cloud
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

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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.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $1.

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.158 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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