Apify AI Code Sandbox vs CoreWeave Sandboxes

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
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
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 2,000
Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
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
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Apify AI Code Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.341 against $0.800 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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