CoreWeave Sandboxes vs Docker Sandboxes

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour and Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

Docker Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Docker Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Docker Sandboxes: Included
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Docker Sandboxes: Included
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Docker Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
Docker Sandboxes: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

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

Docker Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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