BoxLite Cloud vs microsandbox cloud

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs.

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BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxLite Cloud
microsandbox cloud
vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
microsandbox cloud:
Pause and resume
BoxLite Cloud:
microsandbox cloud: No
SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
microsandbox cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000

Platform

Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
GPU
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: No
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
microsandbox cloud:
Pause and resume
BoxLite Cloud:
microsandbox cloud: No

Developer

SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxLite Cloud
microsandbox cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317
microsandbox cloud: $0.330

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxLite Cloud fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.158 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You need snapshots.

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