CreateOS Sandbox vs Phonebox

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

Phonebox

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

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
Phonebox
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Phonebox: 3 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Phonebox: Up to 5
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Phonebox: Not listed
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Phonebox: Not listed
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Phonebox: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Phonebox: Not listed
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Phonebox:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Phonebox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Phonebox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Phonebox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Phonebox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Phonebox: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 3 hours.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Phonebox fits when

  • You use MCP.

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