BoxLite Cloud vs Superserve

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

BoxLite Cloud
Superserve
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
Superserve:
SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Superserve: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Superserve: Not listed
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Superserve: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Superserve: No limit
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
Superserve: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
Superserve: Not listed
BYOC
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Superserve:

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxLite Cloud
Superserve
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
Superserve: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
Superserve: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317
Superserve: $0.331

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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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 2 GiB.

Superserve fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, 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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