CoreWeave Sandboxes vs CreateOS Sandbox

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour and CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
CreateOS Sandbox: No
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Snapshots
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
CreateOS Sandbox:
Pause and resume
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

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