CoreWeave Sandboxes vs Vercel Sandbox

CoreWeave Sandboxes and Vercel Sandbox charge the same list price: $0.128 per vCPU-hour and $0.0212 per GiB-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. Vercel Sandbox 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

Vercel Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
5 CPU-hours every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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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 need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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