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Anthropic Code Execution vs Prized Sandboxes

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs 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
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Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours
Visit sitePrized Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Prized Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Anthropic Code Executionplatform.claude.com
Prized Sandboxesprized.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: No
Snapshots
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Anthropic Code Execution:
Prized Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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 $0.130 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1 vCPU · 5 GiB.

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