Hugging Face Sandboxes vs Phonebox

Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolated cloud machines for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Hugging Face Sandboxes profile

Phonebox

Cloud Android phones that AI agents control through their screens.

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

Visit site Phonebox profile

What is different

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

Field

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Phonebox

Max session: Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours; Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop: Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes; Phonebox: After 5 minutes
SDKs: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python; Phonebox: TypeScript

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

Hugging Face Sandboxeshuggingface.co/docs/hub/jobs-pricinghuggingface.co

Phoneboxphonebox.dev/pricingphonebox.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included; Phonebox: Not listed
Storage: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours; Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop: Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes; Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM; Phonebox: Not listed
GPU: Hugging Face Sandboxes:; Phonebox: Not listed
Snapshots: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Phonebox:

Developer

SDKs: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python; Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Phonebox: MCP

Trust

License: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed
BYOC: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Phonebox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Phonebox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; Phonebox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010; Phonebox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020; Phonebox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hugging Face Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
A session must run longer than 3 hours.

Phonebox fits when

You use MCP.
You need pause and resume.

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