CoreWeave Sandboxes vs E2B

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour and E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

E2B

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

What is different

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes
E2B
vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
E2B: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
E2B: $0.0162
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
E2B: Free
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
E2B: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
E2B: Up to 1,100
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
E2B: Firecracker microVM
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
E2B: No
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
E2B: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
E2B: $0.0162
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
E2B: Free
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
E2B: $150 / month
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
E2B: Per second

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
E2B: 24 hours
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
E2B: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
E2B: Up to 1,100

Platform

Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
E2B: Firecracker microVM
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
E2B: No
Snapshots
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
E2B:
Pause and resume
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
E2B:

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
E2B: Apache-2.0
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
E2B: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
E2B
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
E2B: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
E2B: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
E2B: $0.331

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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 24 hours.

E2B fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI 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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