Anthropic Code Execution vs boxes.dev

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers.

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Anthropic Code Execution

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

boxes.dev

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
boxes.dev
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
boxes.dev: $0.1875
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
boxes.dev: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
boxes.dev: $0.1875
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
boxes.dev: Included
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
boxes.dev: Not listed
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
boxes.dev: $19 / month
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
boxes.dev: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
boxes.dev: Not listed
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
boxes.dev: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
boxes.dev: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
boxes.dev: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
boxes.dev: Not listed
GPU
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
boxes.dev: Not listed
Snapshots
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
boxes.dev:
Pause and resume
Anthropic Code Execution:
boxes.dev:

Developer

SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
boxes.dev: Not listed
Integrations
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
boxes.dev: Claude Code

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
boxes.dev: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
boxes.dev: Teams plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
boxes.dev
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
boxes.dev: $0.188
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
boxes.dev: $0.375
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
boxes.dev: $0.750

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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 $0.375 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

boxes.dev fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1 vCPU · 5 GiB.

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