BoxLite Cloud vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

BoxLite Cloud

Hosted microVM boxes for AI agents, with an SDK.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $100 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site BoxLite Cloud profile

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolated microVMs for AI agents that fork from a saved snapshot, part of SF Compute Autoresearch.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: None
Max session: Not listed

Visit site SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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BoxLite Cloud

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing: BoxLite Cloud: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox: BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Snapshots: BoxLite Cloud: No; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Integrations: BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code, MCP; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

BoxLite Clouddocs.boxlite.ai/cloud/pricingdocs.boxlite.ai

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: BoxLite Cloud: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: BoxLite Cloud: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: BoxLite Cloud: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: BoxLite Cloud: No; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: BoxLite Cloud:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code, MCP; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: BoxLite Cloud: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

BoxLite Cloud

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: BoxLite Cloud: $0.079; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: BoxLite Cloud: $0.158; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: BoxLite Cloud: $0.317; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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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 $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want to start without paying.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You need snapshots.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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