boxd vs Tenki Sandbox

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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boxd

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 credit with a payment method
Max session
Not listed

Tenki Sandbox

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

What is different

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

boxd
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
boxd: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
boxd: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
boxd: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxd: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxd: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
boxd: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

License
boxd: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
boxd: Custom plan
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $30.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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