CreateOS Sandbox vs Tenki Sandbox

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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CreateOS Sandbox

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

Tenki Sandbox

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

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Tenki Sandbox:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Tenki Sandbox:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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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 want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need ISO 27001.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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