Hugging Face Sandboxes vs Sandock

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

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

Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Sandock profile

What is different

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

Field

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Sandock

Idle stop: Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Isolation: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM; Sandock: Container
SDKs: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python; Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Sandocksandock.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included; Sandock: Not listed
Storage: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
Free tier: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: $5 / month
Billing: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours; Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop: Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM; Sandock: Container
GPU: Hugging Face Sandboxes:; Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock:

Developer

SDKs: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python; Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: MCP

Trust

License: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
BYOC: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Sandock

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010; Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020; Sandock: Not listed

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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.

Sandock fits when

You use MCP.
You need pause and resume.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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