CoreWeave Sandboxes vs RemoteHost

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

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes
RemoteHost
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
RemoteHost: Free
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
RemoteHost: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: MCP

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
RemoteHost: Not listed

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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 need a desktop in the sandbox.

RemoteHost fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need pause and resume.

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