Blaxel vs tama

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Blaxel

Sandboxes that pause when idle and resume with state.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Credit of up to $200
Max session: No limit

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tama

Linux VMs with GPUs, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site tama profile

What is different

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

Field

Blaxel

tama

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; tama: Per second
Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; tama: Full VM
SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; tama: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; tama: Not listed
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; tama: Per second

Limits

Max session: Blaxel: No limit; tama: Not listed
Idle stop: Blaxel: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Blaxel: Not listed; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Blaxel: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; tama: Full VM
GPU: Blaxel: Not listed; tama:
Snapshots: Blaxel:; tama:
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; tama:

Developer

SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; tama: Not listed

Trust

License: Blaxel: Not listed; tama: Not listed
BYOC: Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC; tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; tama: $0.091

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

tama fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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