BoxLite Cloud vs Tenki Sandbox

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

Tenki Sandbox

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

What is different

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

BoxLite Cloud
Tenki Sandbox
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
Tenki Sandbox:
SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
GPU
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxLite Cloud: No
Tenki Sandbox:
Pause and resume
BoxLite Cloud:
Tenki Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

License
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxLite Cloud
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxLite Cloud fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.158 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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