BoxLite Cloud vs RemoteHost

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

BoxLite Cloud
RemoteHost
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
RemoteHost:
SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
RemoteHost: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
RemoteHost: MCP

Trust

License
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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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 want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.

RemoteHost fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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