Agent Sandbox vs Hugging Face Sandboxes

Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Agent Sandbox

Hosted API that runs Python and shell code for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Agent Sandbox profile

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolated cloud machines for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Hugging Face Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Agent Sandbox

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Billing: Agent Sandbox: Per second; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Idle stop: Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes; Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Isolation: Agent Sandbox: Container; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

Agent Sandboxagentsandbox.co

Hugging Face Sandboxeshuggingface.co/docs/hub/jobs-pricinghuggingface.co

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
RAM, per GiB-hour: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Storage: Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Agent Sandbox: Per second; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop: Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes; Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Agent Sandbox: Container; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes:
Snapshots: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Agent Sandbox: Python; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Agent Sandbox

Hugging Face Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hugging Face Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.

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