Hugging Face Sandboxes vs StateSet Sandbox

Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours

StateSet Sandbox

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

What is different

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

Hugging Face Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Billing
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Isolation
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Pay as you go
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
Hugging Face Sandboxes:
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hugging Face Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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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 $0.014 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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