BoxLite Cloud vs InstaVM
BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.
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BoxLite Cloud
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- $100 credit
- Max session
- Not listed
InstaVM
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $50 credit
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
8 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
BoxLite Cloud
InstaVM
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Storage
- BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Free tier
- BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Paid plan from
- BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Concurrent sandboxes
- BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
- InstaVM: Up to 100
- Isolation
- BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- Snapshots
- BoxLite Cloud: No
- InstaVM:
- SDKs
- BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
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InstaVMinstavm
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Storage
- BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Free tier
- BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Paid plan from
- BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Billing
- BoxLite Cloud: Per second
- InstaVM: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Idle stop
- BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
- InstaVM: Up to 100
Platform
- Isolation
- BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Snapshots
- BoxLite Cloud: No
- InstaVM:
- Pause and resume
- BoxLite Cloud:
- InstaVM:
Developer
- SDKs
- BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
Trust
- License
- BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
- InstaVM: Not listed
- BYOC
- BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
BoxLite Cloud
InstaVM
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
- InstaVM: $0.083
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
- InstaVM: $0.166
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- BoxLite Cloud: $0.317
- InstaVM: $0.331
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich 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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You want the larger free credit: $100 against $50.
InstaVM fits when
- You need snapshots.
- You need a desktop in the sandbox.
- You need SOC 2 Type II.
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