Beam Sandboxes vs CoreWeave Sandboxes

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour and CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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Beam Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

Beam Sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Isolation
Beam Sandboxes: Container
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Storage
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Free tier
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Beam Sandboxes: Per second
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation
Beam Sandboxes: Container
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Beam Sandboxes:
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Beam Sandboxes:
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Beam Sandboxes:
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Beam Sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.114
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.227
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.454
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Beam Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.227 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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