Anthropic Code Execution vs PandaStack Sandbox

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Anthropic Code Execution

Sandboxed Python and bash containers that Claude runs through the Anthropic API.

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

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PandaStack Sandbox

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $5.40 usage credit every month
Max session: No limit

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What is different

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

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Anthropic Code Execution

PandaStack Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour: Anthropic Code Execution: Included; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Free tier: Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month; PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Billing: Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time; PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB; PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation: Anthropic Code Execution: Container; PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby; PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Anthropic Code Executionplatform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricingplatform.claude.com

PandaStack Sandboxpandastack.ai/pricingpandastack.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour: Anthropic Code Execution: Included; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier: Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month; PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing: Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time; PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Largest sandbox: Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB; PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500

Platform

Isolation: Anthropic Code Execution: Container; PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox:
Pause and resume: Anthropic Code Execution:; PandaStack Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby; PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Anthropic Code Execution

PandaStack Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346

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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 $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
You need snapshots.

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