Blaxel vs CoreWeave Sandboxes

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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Blaxel

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Credit of up to $200
Max session
No limit

CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

Blaxel
CoreWeave Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Max session
Blaxel: No limit
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
CoreWeave Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.

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