Hugging Face Sandboxes vs Koyeb Sandboxes

Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour and Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolated cloud machines for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Hugging Face Sandboxes profile

Koyeb Sandboxes

Sandboxes for AI agents, run as Koyeb Instances.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Koyeb Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Hugging Face Sandboxes

Koyeb Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
Isolation: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM; Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python; Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Hugging Face Sandboxeshuggingface.co/docs/hub/jobs-pricinghuggingface.co

Koyeb Sandboxeskoyeb.com/docs/reference/instanceskoyeb.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included; Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Storage: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM; Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Hugging Face Sandboxes:; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python; Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Koyeb Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hugging Face Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.010 against $0.029 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

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