Apify AI Code Sandbox vs Superserve

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

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

Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Superserve
vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Superserve: $0.0162
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
Superserve: Free
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Superserve: $5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Superserve: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Superserve: Up to 1,000
Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Superserve: $0.0162
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
Superserve: Free
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Superserve: $5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Superserve: Per second

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Superserve: No limit
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Superserve: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Superserve: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Snapshots
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Superserve:
Pause and resume
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Superserve:

Developer

SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
BYOC
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Superserve: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account. Enterprise plan.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Superserve
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
Superserve: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
Superserve: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
Superserve: $0.331

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.

Superserve fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.800 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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