Phonebox vs Prized Sandboxes

Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Phonebox

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

Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Phonebox
Prized Sandboxes
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Prized Sandboxes: Per second
Max session
Phonebox: 3 hours
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Phonebox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Phonebox: 3 hours
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Phonebox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Phonebox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Phonebox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: No
Snapshots
Phonebox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Phonebox:
Prized Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Phonebox: TypeScript
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Phonebox: MCP
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Phonebox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Phonebox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Phonebox
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Phonebox fits when

  • You use MCP.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 3 hours.
  • You want the larger free credit: $30 against $2.

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