Anthropic Code Execution vs OpenPond Sandboxes

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and OpenPond Sandboxes costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. OpenPond Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Anthropic Code Execution

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

OpenPond Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
OpenPond Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
OpenPond Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.475

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 $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

OpenPond Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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