BoxLite Cloud vs LangSmith Sandboxes

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxLite Cloud
LangSmith Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
LangSmith Sandboxes:
SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Trust

License
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxLite Cloud
LangSmith Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378

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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 use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.158 against $0.189 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $8.

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You use LangChain.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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