Anthropic Code Execution vs Containarium Cloud

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Containarium Cloud costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Containarium Cloud runs containers.

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Anthropic Code Execution

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

Containarium Cloud

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free tier
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
Containarium Cloud
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Containarium Cloud: Included
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: After 1440 minutes
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Containarium Cloud: Container
GPU
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Pause and resume
Anthropic Code Execution:
Containarium Cloud: Not listed

Developer

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

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Sales-led, on GCP or AWS

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
Containarium Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
Containarium Cloud: $0.020
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
Containarium Cloud: $0.040
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
Containarium Cloud: $0.080

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Anthropic Code Execution fits when

  • You need pause and resume.

Containarium Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.040 against $0.100 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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