Hugging Face Sandboxes vs Vercel Sandbox

Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs 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

Vercel Sandbox

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

What is different

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

Hugging Face Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Billing
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hugging Face Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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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 $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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