Anthropic Code Execution vs Northflank Sandboxes

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs 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

Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Anthropic Code Execution:
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.100 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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