EQVPS Sandboxes vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

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

Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Tensorlake Sandboxes: OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Tensorlake Sandboxes: OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: AWS, GCP, Azure, CoreWeave, Nebius or bare metal

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need snapshots.

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