Novita Sandbox vs Phonebox

Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 3 hours. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

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Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
3 hours

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.

Novita Sandbox
Phonebox
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Phonebox: Up to 5
SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Phonebox: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Phonebox: Not listed
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
GPU
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
Phonebox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Novita Sandbox:
Phonebox:

Developer

SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: MCP

Trust

License
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
BYOC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Novita Sandbox
Phonebox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
Phonebox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
Phonebox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.233
Phonebox: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $2.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Phonebox fits when

  • You use MCP.

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