Buddy Sandboxes vs Tenki Sandbox

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Buddy Sandboxes

Persistent Linux VMs that AI agents create and control through an API, SDK, CLI or MCP.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $1 of usage credit every month
Max session: No limit

Visit site Buddy Sandboxes profile

Tenki Sandbox

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

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $100 credit, one time ($50 at sign-up, $50 when you add a payment method)
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Tenki Sandbox profile

What is different

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Buddy Sandboxes

Tenki Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour; Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month; Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time ($50 at sign-up, $50 when you add a payment method)
Paid plan from: Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month; Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Largest sandbox: Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB; Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs: Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript; Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Buddy Sandboxesbuddy.works/docs/basics/billing-and-usage/gbminbuddy.works

Tenki Sandboxtenki.cloud/pricingtenki.cloud

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour; Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month; Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time ($50 at sign-up, $50 when you add a payment method)
Paid plan from: Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month; Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing: Buddy Sandboxes: Per second; Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: Buddy Sandboxes: No limit; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB; Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM; Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
GPU: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Buddy Sandboxes:; Tenki Sandbox:
Pause and resume: Buddy Sandboxes:; Tenki Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript; Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Tenki Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Buddy Sandboxes

Tenki Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043; Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086; Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173; Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.086 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need GDPR.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

You want the larger free credit: $100 against $1.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need a sandbox larger than 12 vCPU · 24 GiB.

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