ActionBox vs Device Agent

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ActionBox compared with Device Agent
Detail	ActionBox	Device Agent
What it does	Human approval infrastructure for AI agents and automation workflows	Give your AI agent a real phone with a physical SIM card and dedicated number
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2026
Based in	Not given	FR
Pricing model	Freemium	Free trial
Pricing	Developer: Free forever with 250 Actions/month, 3 Sources, 3 Watches, 7-day history. Pro: $10/month ($120/year, save 17%) with 1,000 Actions/month, unlimited Sources, 20 Watches, 30-day history, additional Actions at $8 per 1,000-pack. Team: $49.17/month ($590/year, save 17%) with 5,000 Actions/mont	Agent plan: 19 € per month per phone after 3-day free trial. Each additional phone: 19 € per month. Fleet plan available with custom pricing for multiple devices and higher volumes. Launch price: 28 € (reduced to 19 €).
Key features	Typed decisions (Boolean, choice, text, number, rating, structured forms) Heartbeat Watches for silent-work detection Action Controls for safe follow-up operations Multi-surface inboxes (web, mobile, Slack, CLI, MCP) Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration Signed receipts and durable decision history Mobile app for iOS (15+) with push alerts Slack approval integration (Beta) CLI with bounded long-poll waiting Integration guides for GitHub Actions, n8n, LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK	Physical phone with real SIM card and dedicated number Send and receive SMS messages Read verification codes from screen Operate mobile apps with taps, swipes and typing Take screenshots of device screen MCP server integration REST API access Always-on connectivity with 5G network Add multiple phones to one account
What makes it different	Durable decision records that survive client disconnections and restarts Reduces median approval time significantly in production environments Unified API across multiple approval surfaces without building custom dashboards Source-scoped identity for independent credential rotation across runners Built-in monitoring for stalled background work with heartbeat watches	Uses real physical phones with real SIM cards, not virtual numbers, so it works with services that reject virtual numbers Completely hands-free automation of mobile apps with no web version Full feature access during free trial with no payment required if cancelled before day 4
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	5 no change since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	7	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	24	0
Referring domains (Majestic)	42	0

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