AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.200 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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