Lizard Sandboxes vs Phonebox

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

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Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial 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.

Lizard Sandboxes
Phonebox
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Phonebox: 3 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Phonebox: Up to 5
SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Phonebox: Not listed
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Trust

License
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
BYOC
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Lizard Sandboxes
Phonebox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
Phonebox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
Phonebox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032
Phonebox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes 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 want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.

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