Celesto Cloud vs Phonebox

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

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Celesto Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Max session
Not listed

Phonebox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$2 starter credit, one time, no card
Max session
3 hours

What is different

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

Celesto Cloud
Phonebox
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Phonebox: Up to 5
SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Phonebox: Not listed
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Phonebox: Not listed
GPU
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Snapshots
Celesto Cloud:
Phonebox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Celesto Cloud:
Phonebox:

Developer

SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Trust

License
Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0
Phonebox: Not listed
BYOC
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
Phonebox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Phonebox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
Phonebox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
Phonebox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or Claude Code.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5 against $2.
  • You need snapshots.

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