Beam Sandboxes vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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Beam Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Beam Sandboxes
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Billing
Beam Sandboxes: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Beam Sandboxes: Container
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Beam Sandboxes: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Beam Sandboxes: Container
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Beam Sandboxes:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Beam Sandboxes:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Beam Sandboxes:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Beam Sandboxes
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.114
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.227
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.454
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.200 against $0.227 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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