CoreWeave Sandboxes vs Prized Sandboxes

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. Prized Sandboxes 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

Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 2,000
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
Prized Sandboxes: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 2,000
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Claude Code
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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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.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.130 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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