CreateOS Sandbox vs Hugging Face Jobs
Use Hugging Face Jobs for fine-tuning, evaluation and batch inference on GPUs next to Hub models and datasets. Use CreateOS Sandbox for CPU agent sessions that keep state, pause with their memory, fork into parallel copies and run with an outbound allowlist.
Pricing at a Glance
CreateOS rates verified 17 October 2026. Hugging Face Jobs pricing as published on 17 October 2026. Rates billed per GB rather than per GiB, or as bundled sizes, are quoted as published rather than converted.
CreateOS Sandbox
- Compute
- $0.0362 /vCPU-hr
- Memory
- $0.0116 /GiB-hr
Hugging Face Jobs
Hugging Face Jobs bills per minute while starting or running, from $0.01 per hour for CPU Basic (2 vCPU / 16 GB) to $40.00 per hour for 8x H200, with exposed ports at $0.01 per hour, as of 17 October 2026.
Where CreateOS Sandbox Fits Better
What CreateOS Sandbox brings to this matchup, with a plain note on where Hugging Face Jobs has the edge.
Pause keeps memory and CPU state and fork copies a paused sandbox; Hugging Face publishes neither for Jobs.
No timeout to manage: sandboxes run until you destroy or pause them, against a 30-minute default for Jobs.
A Free plan with 500 credits; Jobs requires a positive credit balance.
Where Hugging Face Jobs is strong
Hugging Face Jobs has the broadest on-demand GPU menu in this group, from T4 to 8x H200 and RTX PRO 6000, at simple per-minute prices, sitting next to the models and datasets already on the Hub and launched with one docker-run-style command.
Which to Pick
Pick CreateOS Sandbox if
- Your agent session is interactive and stateful across many commands.
- You want to pause and fork environments.
- You need outbound traffic limited to an allowlist.
Pick Hugging Face Jobs if
- You need GPUs for fine-tuning, evaluation or batch inference.
- Your models and datasets already live on the Hugging Face Hub.
- Your work is fire-and-forget jobs, possibly on a schedule or webhook.
Head-to-Head Comparison
Every dimension side by side, checked on 17 October 2026 against each vendor's own docs and pricing pages. "Not published" means we could not find it on the vendor's pages, not that the feature is missing.
| Dimension | CreateOS Sandbox | Hugging Face Jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Sandboxes created by API for agent and untrusted code | Fine-tuning, batch inference and data processing jobs |
| GPU | No GPU shapes | Yes: T4, L4, L40S, A10G, A100, H200, RTX PRO 6000; TPU also mentioned |
| Isolation | Firecracker micro-VM with its own guest kernel | Not published (jobs run a Docker image on Hugging Face infrastructure) |
| Billing | Per second: $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour, $0.01159025 per GiB-hour, storage $0.0001584 per GB-hour | Per minute while starting or running; CPU Basic $0.01/hour, 1x H200 $5.00/hour |
| Pause and resume | Yes: pause saves disk, memory and CPU state; vCPU stops billing, memory and storage still bill | Not published |
| Outbound network | Open with no rules; deny-by-default once any host, IP, CIDR or wildcard rule exists, enforced on the host outside the VM | Not published; network groups let jobs reach each other by hostname |
| Create by API | Yes: REST API, six SDKs (TypeScript, Go, Python, Rust, C#, Java), CLI and MCP server | Yes: hf CLI, huggingface_hub Python client and HTTP API; scheduled jobs and webhooks |
Common Questions
What is the default timeout for a Hugging Face Job?
A Hugging Face Job times out after 30 minutes by default, and you can raise it with --timeout, though the maximum is not published. A CreateOS sandbox has no lifetime cap; it runs until you destroy or pause it, or until an idle auto-pause you set.
Should I run GPU training on CreateOS or Hugging Face Jobs?
Hugging Face Jobs, because CreateOS Sandbox offers no GPU shapes. Jobs covers T4 through 8x H200 per minute. CreateOS fits the CPU side, such as an agent that writes and tests code before submitting a training job.
How do I reach a port on a Hugging Face Job?
Pass --expose with a port and the job is served at a job-id URL on hf.jobs, requiring a Hugging Face token by default, for $0.01 per hour. CreateOS ingress is closed until you enable it, then gives an HTTPS URL with managed certificates.
Sources
Checked 17 October 2026.
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