AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Tenki Sandbox

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
GPU
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Tenki Sandbox:
Pause and resume
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Tenki Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

License
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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