Anthropic Code Execution vs BoxLite Cloud

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs.

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Anthropic Code Execution

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

BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
BoxLite Cloud
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
BoxLite Cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
GPU
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: No
Pause and resume
Anthropic Code Execution:
BoxLite Cloud:

Developer

SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust
Integrations
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
BoxLite Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317

Compute only, at list rates.

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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 $0.158 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

BoxLite Cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1 vCPU · 5 GiB.

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