Anthropic Code Execution vs BoxCompute

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. BoxCompute runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Anthropic Code Execution

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

BoxCompute

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
BoxCompute
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
BoxCompute: $0.10
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
BoxCompute: Full VM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
BoxCompute: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
BoxCompute: Included
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxCompute: Not listed
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxCompute: Not listed
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxCompute: No limit
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxCompute: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
BoxCompute: Full VM
GPU
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxCompute: Not listed
Snapshots
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxCompute: Not listed
Pause and resume
Anthropic Code Execution:
BoxCompute:

Developer

SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxCompute: Claude Code

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxCompute: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
BoxCompute
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
BoxCompute: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
BoxCompute: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
BoxCompute: $0.400

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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 $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

BoxCompute fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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