Free-tier devboxes: prices at 2 vCPU / 4 GB (Nov 2026)

Free-tier devboxes: prices at 2 vCPU / 4 GB (Nov 2026)

#	Provider	1 h busy	1 h at 10% CPU	Fleet month	Pay	At once	Starts	Caveats
1	boxd2 vCPU / 4 GB Prepaid credit · fleet $1,320 Active-CPU billing	$0.15[1]	$0.0654	$1,320	Prepaid credit	?	?	Active-CPU billing
2	Fly.io Sprites2 vCPU / 4 GB Pay as you go · fleet ≥ $1,448 · starts 10/min then refused Active-CPU billing Not published: rounding, minimum	≥ $0.164[2]	≥ $0.0952	≥ $1,448	Pay as you go	?	10/minthen refused	Active-CPU billing Not published: rounding, minimum
3	Runloop2 vCPU / 4 GB Pay as you go · fleet $2,788 No new customers	$0.317[3]	$0.317	$2,788	Pay as you go	?	?	No new customers

Not published, so not listed here: InstaBox, boat, Upstash Box, exe.dev, Freestyle, GitHub Codespaces, Tensorlake, Namespace, Islo.

1 h busy: all CPU billed. 1 h at 10% CPU: lower only where idle CPU isn't billed. Fleet month: 50 × 8 h × 22 days busy, on the lowest plan that runs 50 at once (its fee, less usage it includes). At once and Starts: on the terms priced. ≥ = a term isn't published. Method