Blaxel vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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Blaxel

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

Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Blaxel
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Blaxel:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK, MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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