Apify AI Code Sandbox vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$5 of usage every month
Max session
No limit

Tensorlake Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan, $0 forever
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Disk in the run is part of the compute price. The workspace backup goes to a key-value store at $1 per 1,000 GB-hours, plus reads and writes. Data transfer out $0.20 per GB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
Tensorlake Sandboxes: OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Apify AI Code Sandboxapify.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Disk in the run is part of the compute price. The workspace backup goes to a key-value store at $1 per 1,000 GB-hours, plus reads and writes. Data transfer out $0.20 per GB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
Tensorlake Sandboxes: OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: AWS, GCP, Azure, CoreWeave, Nebius or bare metal

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Apify AI Code Sandbox fits when

  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need GDPR.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.

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