Anthropic Code Execution vs CreateOS Sandbox

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs 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

CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
CreateOS Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Snapshots
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Anthropic Code Execution:
CreateOS Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
CreateOS Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237

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 $0.119 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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