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Anthropic Code Execution vs Buddy Sandboxes

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Buddy Sandboxes 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
Visit siteAnthropic Code Execution profile

Buddy Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$1 of usage credit every month
Max session
No limit
Visit siteBuddy Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
Buddy Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Anthropic Code Executionplatform.claude.com
Buddy Sandboxesbuddy.works

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
Buddy Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Anthropic Code Execution fits when

  • You need ISO 27001.

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.086 against $0.100 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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