Phonebox vs StateSet Sandbox

StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor 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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Phonebox
StateSet Sandbox
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Max session
Phonebox: 3 hours
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
SDKs
Phonebox: TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Phonebox: MCP
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Phonebox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Phonebox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Phonebox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Phonebox: Pay as you go
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Phonebox: 3 hours
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Phonebox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Phonebox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
Phonebox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Phonebox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Phonebox:
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Phonebox: TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Phonebox: MCP
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Phonebox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Phonebox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Phonebox
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 3 hours.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the larger free credit: $25 against $2.
  • You need snapshots.

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