CreateOS Sandbox vs tama

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

tama

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
tama
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
tama: $0.0055
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
tama: Full VM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
tama:
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
tama: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
tama: $0.0055
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
tama: Not listed
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
tama: Not listed
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
tama: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
tama: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
tama: Full VM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
tama:
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
tama:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
tama:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
tama: Not listed

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
tama: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
tama
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
tama: $0.091

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

tama fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.119 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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