BoxLite Cloud vs Runloop

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. Runloop runs microVMs.

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BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

BoxLite Cloud
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Runloop: $50 credit
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
Runloop:
SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Runloop: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Runloop: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxLite Cloud
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317
Runloop: $0.634

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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 want the lower list price: $0.158 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $50.

Runloop fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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