Anthropic Code Execution vs Collimate

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Collimate costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Collimate runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Anthropic Code Execution

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

Collimate

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Demo key, free with no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
Collimate
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Collimate: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Collimate: $0.012
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Collimate: Demo key, free with no card
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Collimate: Per second
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Collimate: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Collimate: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Collimate: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Collimate: $0.012
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Collimate: $0.10 per GB-month while a sandbox is suspended
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Collimate: Demo key, free with no card
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Collimate: Pay as you go
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Collimate: Per second

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Collimate: 24 hours
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Collimate: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Collimate: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Collimate: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Collimate: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Collimate: Not listed
Snapshots
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Collimate:
Pause and resume
Anthropic Code Execution:
Collimate:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Collimate: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Collimate: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
Collimate
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
Collimate: $0.064
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
Collimate: $0.128
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
Collimate: $0.256

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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 $0.128 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Collimate fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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