CoreWeave Sandboxes vs Declaw

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour and Declaw costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. Declaw runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

Declaw

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Declaw
vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Declaw: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Declaw: $0.0162
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Declaw: 72 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Declaw: Up to 500
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Claude Code
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Declaw: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Declaw: $0.0162
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: Pay as you go
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Declaw: Per second

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Declaw: 72 hours
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Declaw: Up to 500

Platform

Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
Declaw: Not listed
Snapshots
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
Declaw:
Pause and resume
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw:

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Claude Code
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: Not listed
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
Declaw: Deploy in your VPC. Book a call.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 72 hours.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Declaw fits when

  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents 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.

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