Apify AI Code Sandbox vs Unikraft 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. Unikraft Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

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

Unikraft Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Hobby plan, free forever
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Unikraft Cloud
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24
Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
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
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Unikraft Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
Unikraft 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 use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Unikraft Cloud fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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