Blaxel vs Tenki Sandbox

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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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Tenki Sandbox

Disposable Linux VMs for AI agents, driven by SDK or CLI.

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

Visit site Tenki Sandbox profile

What is different

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

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Blaxel

Tenki Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Tenki Sandbox: Per second
Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code; Tenki Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

Tenki Sandboxtenki.cloud/pricingtenki.cloud

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: Blaxel: No limit; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: Blaxel: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Blaxel: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Blaxel: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code; Tenki Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

Tenki Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

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 or the Claude Agent SDK.
You want the larger free credit: $200 against $100.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

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