Hugging Face Sandboxes vs Krova Cloud

Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour and Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours

Krova Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Hugging Face Sandboxes
Krova Cloud
vCPU, per hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Krova Cloud: $0.001
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Billing
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Krova Cloud: Per second
Max session
Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
Krova Cloud: No limit
Isolation
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Krova Cloud: $0.001
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Storage
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Krova Cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
Krova Cloud: No limit
Idle stop
Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Hugging Face Sandboxes:
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud:
Pause and resume
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud:

Developer

SDKs
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hugging Face Sandboxes
Krova Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Krova Cloud: $0.006
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010
Krova Cloud: $0.012
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020
Krova Cloud: $0.024

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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 $0.012 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

Krova Cloud fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.

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