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Cranium compared with boxd
DetailCranium logo Craniumboxd logo boxd
What it doesSecure & Govern Enterprise AI Composable computers for devs and agents
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inUS NL
Pricing modelContact for pricing Not given
PricingNot given Credit-based pricing: €0.039 per vCPU-hour (active only), €0.012 per GiB-hour for RAM (memory in use), €0.00008 per GiB-hour for disk (written space only). New accounts receive €30 in free credits. A typical 2 vCPU / 8 GiB machine costs approximately €0.03 per hour while running (with 10% vCPU activ
Key features
  • Discover every AI model, agent and vendor across the enterprise
  • Govern AI policies mapped to NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act and ISO 42001
  • Prove compliance with real-time AI Cards and audit-ready attestation
  • AI Bill of Materials (AI-BOM) for complete system inventory
  • Third-party vendor AI assessment and continuous verification
  • SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and ISO 27001 certified
  • Continuous AI discovery and exposure mapping
  • Hardware-isolated Linux VMs with persistent state between sessions
  • Snapshots and checkpoints for machine state management
  • Automatic hibernation after 4 hours idle, paying for disk only
  • Pre-installed tools: Claude Code, Docker, Node, Python, Go, git, Chrome, ffmpeg, nginx
  • Public HTTPS URL per machine with custom domain support
  • Egress allowlist for network security and isolation
  • CLI, API, Python and TypeScript SDKs for automation
  • Integration with GitHub, Linear and Slack across all machines
What makes it different
  • One platform for the entire AI lifecycle instead of seven tools and seven dashboards
  • Independent vendor with no model to sell and no sides in the AI ecosystem
  • Trusted by Fortune 10 companies, global carriers and banks
  • Born from KPMG Studio with decades of combined AI and cybersecurity expertise
  • Continuous loop that automatically rediscovers and re-proves AI systems as they change
  • Hardware-isolated real VMs instead of containers, with full kernel isolation
  • Persistent machines remember running processes and state between disconnects
  • Pay only for active resources used, not provisioned size
  • Free self-hosting up to 16 vCPUs on your own infrastructure
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)53 no change since last check44 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)128
Citation Flow (Majestic)3137
Referring domains (Majestic)344151

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