Anthropic Code Execution vs Thunder Sandboxes

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Anthropic Code Execution

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.

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