BoxLite Cloud vs inis.run

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

BoxLite Cloud
inis.run
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
inis.run: Included
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
inis.run: Up to 10
Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
inis.run: Full VM
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
inis.run:
SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
inis.run: Included
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
inis.run: No
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
inis.run:
Pause and resume
BoxLite Cloud:
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxLite Cloud
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317
inis.run: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxLite Cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

inis.run fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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