LangSmith Sandboxes vs Phonebox

LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

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LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

Phonebox

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

What is different

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

LangSmith Sandboxes
Phonebox
Free tier
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Billing
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Idle stop
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
SDKs
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain
Phonebox: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Phonebox: Not listed
Storage
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Phonebox: Not listed
GPU
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Snapshots
LangSmith Sandboxes:
Phonebox: Not listed
Pause and resume
LangSmith Sandboxes:
Phonebox:

Developer

SDKs
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain
Phonebox: MCP

Trust

License
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
BYOC
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan
Phonebox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

LangSmith Sandboxes
Phonebox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
Phonebox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
Phonebox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378
Phonebox: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You use LangChain.
  • You want the larger free credit: $8 against $2.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Phonebox fits when

  • You use MCP.

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