Anthropic Code Execution vs Beam Sandboxes

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

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

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Beam Sandboxes

Isolated, secure environments for running untrusted code at scale.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

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What is different

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

Field

Anthropic Code Execution

Beam Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05; Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
RAM, per GiB-hour: Anthropic Code Execution: Included; Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Billing: Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time; Beam Sandboxes: Per second
SDKs: Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby; Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Beam Sandboxesbeam.cloud/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05; Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
RAM, per GiB-hour: Anthropic Code Execution: Included; Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Storage: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time; Beam Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Anthropic Code Execution: Container; Beam Sandboxes: Container
GPU: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes:
Snapshots: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Anthropic Code Execution:; Beam Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby; Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Anthropic Code Execution

Beam Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050; Beam Sandboxes: $0.114
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100; Beam Sandboxes: $0.227
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200; Beam Sandboxes: $0.454

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Anthropic Code Execution fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.100 against $0.227 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Beam Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

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