BoxLite Cloud vs Fly.io Sprites

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs.

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BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

Fly.io Sprites

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 trial credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxLite Cloud
Fly.io Sprites
vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
Fly.io Sprites:
SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
GPU
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
Fly.io Sprites:
Pause and resume
BoxLite Cloud:
Fly.io Sprites:

Developer

SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
BYOC
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxLite Cloud
Fly.io Sprites
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329

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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 lower list price: $0.158 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $30.

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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