CoreWeave Sandboxes vs Sandock

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

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Sandock
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Sandock: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Sandock: Up to 150
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sandock: Container
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Sandock
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
Sandock: 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 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.

Sandock fits when

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

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