Celesto Cloud vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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Celesto Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Max session
Not listed

Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Celesto Cloud
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
  • You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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