E2B vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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E2B

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

Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

E2B
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
E2B: Free
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
E2B: No
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
E2B: Free
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
E2B: No
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
E2B:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
E2B:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
E2B: Apache-2.0
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
E2B: Enterprise plan
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

E2B fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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