Phonebox vs RemoteHost

Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Phonebox

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

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Phonebox
RemoteHost
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Phonebox: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Max session
Phonebox: 3 hours
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Integrations
Phonebox: MCP
RemoteHost: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Phonebox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Phonebox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Phonebox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Phonebox: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Phonebox: 3 hours
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Phonebox: Not listed
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Phonebox: TypeScript
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Phonebox: MCP
RemoteHost: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Phonebox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Phonebox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Phonebox
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Phonebox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.

RemoteHost fits when

  • A session must run longer than 3 hours.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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