E2B vs Tenki Sandbox

E2B and Tenki Sandbox charge the same list price: $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and $0.0162 per GiB-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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E2B

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

Tenki Sandbox

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

What is different

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

E2B
Tenki Sandbox
Storage
E2B: Free
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
E2B: Free
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
E2B: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
GPU
E2B: No
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
E2B:
Tenki Sandbox:
Pause and resume
E2B:
Tenki Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

License
E2B: Apache-2.0
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
E2B: Enterprise plan
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

E2B fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

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

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