OpenAI Code Interpreter vs Prime Sandboxes

OpenAI Code Interpreter bills memory only, at $0.09 per GiB-hour. Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. OpenAI Code Interpreter runs containers. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit.

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OpenAI Code Interpreter

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

OpenAI Code Interpreter
Prime Sandboxes
RAM, per GiB-hour
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.09
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Billing
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Memory only
Prime Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Container
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.09
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Memory only
Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
OpenAI Code Interpreter: After 20 minutes
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

Isolation
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Container
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

OpenAI Code Interpreter
Prime Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.180
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.360
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.720
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

OpenAI Code Interpreter fits when

  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.360 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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