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Anthropic Code Execution vs Lizard Sandboxes

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Lizard Sandboxes 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
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Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit
Visit siteLizard Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
Lizard Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Lizard Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Anthropic Code Executionplatform.claude.com
Lizard Sandboxeslizard.build

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Lizard Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
Lizard Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.100 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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