Anthropic Code Execution vs DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Anthropic Code Execution

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

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Integrations
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.100 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1 vCPU · 5 GiB.

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