CoreWeave Sandboxes vs StateSet Sandbox

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 2,000
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 2,000
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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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 a desktop in the sandbox.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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