# Hugging Face Jobs (hf-sandbox backend)

Official pricing: https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/jobs-pricing  
Category: paas · Isolation: container

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **On-demand** (sizes): cpu-basic 2 vCPU/16 GiB $0.01/h; cpu-upgrade 8 vCPU/32 GiB $0.03/h; cpu-xl 16 vCPU/124 GiB $1/h; cpu-performance 32 vCPU/256 GiB $1.9/h [alt]
- **GPU: Nvidia T4** (sizes): t4-small 4 vCPU/15 GiB $0/h; t4-medium 8 vCPU/30 GiB $0.2/h [alt]
- **GPU: Nvidia L4** (sizes): l4x1 8 vCPU/30 GiB $0/h [alt]
- **GPU: Nvidia L40S** (sizes): l40sx1 8 vCPU/62 GiB $0/h [alt]
- **GPU: Nvidia A10G** (sizes): a10g-small 4 vCPU/15 GiB $0/h; a10g-large 12 vCPU/46 GiB $0.5/h [alt]
- **GPU: Nvidia A100 80GB** (sizes): a100-large 12 vCPU/142 GiB $0/h [alt]
- **GPU: Nvidia H200** (sizes): h200 23 vCPU/256 GiB $0/h [alt]
- **GPU: Nvidia RTX PRO 6000** (sizes): rtx-pro-6000 23 vCPU/256 GiB $0/h [alt]

## Features

Yes: volumes, ≥24 h sessions, custom image (Docker or snapshot), your own Docker/OCI image, SSH, HTTPS preview URLs, open internet, SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO, GPU, Python, webhooks, scheduled runs (cron), EU data residency, spend limits, inbound access rules, extra volumes, shared volumes

No: snapshots, memory snapshots, fork/clone, pause/resume, persistent disk, idle auto-stop, start from your own snapshot, full VM (own kernel), Docker inside, nested virtualization, browser, desktop GUI, computer-use API, browser + desktop control, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, residential IPs, preinstalled agents, public IPv4, egress allowlist, static egress IP, self-hosting, BYOC, open source, arm64, Windows, macOS, Node.js, HTTP method/path egress rules, wake on request, live resize, live fork (no pause), memory fork, MCP server, automatic snapshots, snapshots on demand, agent harness API, hosted agent API (their own agent), gVisor or VM (no shared kernel), firewall inside (nftables), secret proxy, secret proxy for any API

Unknown: everything else. Evidence (source + quote) per feature: https://battleships.dev/data/providers/huggingface-jobs.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- Public Jobs rates, not Spaces free hardware. Harbor hf-sandbox wraps Jobs; an interactive wrapper does not change underlying job billing. Jobs bill Starting and Running, per minute; builds free. Exposed ports add $0.01/job-hour.
- Features set to null were not verified. No sandbox was purchased or tested; feature/performance statements are documentation claims. Null maximums are unknown unless a cited note explicitly states unlimited.
- A complete monthly bill requires known snapshot/egress/plan limits; do not silently treat missing ancillary charges as free.
- Re-checked 2026-09-28: jobs-pricing and jobs-overview publish no concurrent-job cap, so plan.concurrency stays null (unknown, not unlimited).

## How this provider charges


As of 2026-09-28. Prices are USD unless explicitly labelled otherwise. Source type: official published list/promo or unknown, never a fabricated quote.

Public Jobs rates, not Spaces free hardware. Harbor hf-sandbox wraps Jobs; an interactive wrapper does not change underlying job billing. Jobs bill Starting and Running, per minute; builds free. Exposed ports add $0.01/job-hour.

| Regime | When it applies | How billed / numbers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU Jobs | Starting/Running billed per minute | 2/16 $0.01/h; 8/32 $0.03/h; 16/124 $1/h; 32/256 $1.90/h. | https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/jobs-pricing |
| Ports | One or more public exposed ports | $0.01/job-hour extra, not per port. | https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/jobs-pricing |
| GPU Jobs | Alternative hardware, not CPU price additive | T4-small $0.40/h, T4-medium $0.60/h, L4 $0.80/h, A10G-small $1/h, A100-80GB $2.50/h, H200 $5/h; whole machine rates. | https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/jobs-pricing |

## Gotchas

- Public Jobs rates, not Spaces free hardware. Harbor hf-sandbox wraps Jobs; an interactive wrapper does not change underlying job billing. Jobs bill Starting and Running, per minute; builds free. Exposed ports add $0.01/job-hour.
- Features set to null were not verified. No sandbox was purchased or tested; feature/performance statements are documentation claims. Null maximums are unknown unless a cited note explicitly states unlimited.
- A complete monthly bill requires known snapshot/egress/plan limits; do not silently treat missing ancillary charges as free.

## Worked workload

4 vCPU / 8 GiB; 50 simultaneous instances × 8 h/day × 22 days = **8,800 instance-hours**, **35,200 vCPU-hours**, **70,400 GiB-hours**. At 30% observed CPU:10,560 active-vCPU-hours only where the meter actually uses utilization. Assume one start/instance/day:1,100starts. Retain50GiB snapshots for a month;100GiB outbound. Active disk capacity was not specified.

Cheapest adequate CPU preset is 8 vCPU/32 GB at $0.03/h: $264 for 8,800h. Exposed-port surcharge if required adds $88 → $352. This overprovisions resources; 30% CPU does not discount wall-clock price. Ephemeral jobs do not establish 50GiB retained snapshots; C=50 needs quota validation.

## Sources

- https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/jobs-pricing
- https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/jobs-overview
- https://pypi.org/project/hf-sandbox/