boxd vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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boxd

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

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.

boxd
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Billing
boxd: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boxd: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
boxd: Claude Code
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
boxd: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
boxd: Custom plan
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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 and HIPAA.

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