Anthropic Code Execution vs Hugging Face Sandboxes

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs 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

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
Hugging Face Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
Hugging Face Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Anthropic Code Execution fits when

  • You need pause and resume.

Hugging Face Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.010 against $0.100 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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