CoreWeave Sandboxes vs Deno Sandbox

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

What is different

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Deno Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Deno Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
Deno Sandbox: $0.600

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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 30 minutes.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.300 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

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