EQVPS Sandboxes vs tama

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.01166 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

tama

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
tama
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
tama: $0.01166
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
tama: $0.005523
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
tama: Full VM
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
tama: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
tama: $0.01166
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
tama: $0.005523
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
tama: Not listed
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
tama: Pay as you go
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
tama: Per second

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
tama: Not listed
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
tama: Full VM
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
tama:
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
tama:
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
tama:

Developer

SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
tama: Not listed

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
tama: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
tama
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.

tama fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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