Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Anthropic Code Execution

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agent workloads.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox profile

Anthropic Code Execution

Sandboxed Python and bash containers that Claude runs through the Anthropic API.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: 1,550 free hours per month
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Anthropic Code Execution profile

What is different

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

Field

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Anthropic Code Execution

Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Anthropic Code Execution: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandboxalibabacloud.com/help/en/cs/user-guide/agent-sandboxalibabacloud.com

Anthropic Code Executionplatform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricingplatform.claude.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Anthropic Code Execution: Container
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Snapshots: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Pause and resume: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Anthropic Code Execution:

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Anthropic Code Execution

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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