Cua Fleets vs Phonebox

Cua Fleets runs gVisor. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

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Cua Fleets

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
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.

Cua Fleets
Phonebox
Billing
Cua Fleets: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Pause and resume
Cua Fleets: No
Phonebox:
SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Storage
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
Cua Fleets: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Phonebox: Not listed
GPU
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Snapshots
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Cua Fleets: No
Phonebox:

Developer

SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Trust

License
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
BYOC
Cua Fleets: Your AWS, Google Cloud, or Modal account
Phonebox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cua Fleets
Phonebox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cua Fleets fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2.

Phonebox fits when

  • You need pause and resume.

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