Apify AI Code Sandbox vs Containarium Cloud

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. Containarium Cloud runs containers.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$5 of usage every month
Max session
No limit

Containarium Cloud

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Containarium Cloud
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Containarium Cloud: Included
Storage
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Disk in the run is part of the compute price. The workspace backup goes to a key-value store at $1 per 1,000 GB-hours, plus reads and writes. Data transfer out $0.20 per GB
Containarium Cloud: Free
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Containarium Cloud: $20 / month
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Containarium Cloud: Included
Storage
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Disk in the run is part of the compute price. The workspace backup goes to a key-value store at $1 per 1,000 GB-hours, plus reads and writes. Data transfer out $0.20 per GB
Containarium Cloud: Free
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Containarium Cloud: $20 / month
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Containarium Cloud: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Containarium Cloud: Container
GPU
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Pause and resume
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
Containarium Cloud: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Containarium Cloud: Sales-led, on GCP or AWS

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Containarium Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
Containarium Cloud: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Apify AI Code Sandbox fits when

  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

Containarium Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need ISO 27001.

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