Fly.io Sprites vs tama

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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Fly.io Sprites

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 trial credit
Max session
Not listed

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.

Fly.io Sprites
tama
vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
tama: $0.0055
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
tama: Per second
Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
tama: Full VM
SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
tama: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
tama: $0.0055
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
tama: Not listed
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
tama: Not listed
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
tama: Per second

Limits

Max session
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
tama: Not listed
Idle stop
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
tama: Full VM
GPU
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
tama:
Snapshots
Fly.io Sprites:
tama:
Pause and resume
Fly.io Sprites:
tama:

Developer

SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
tama: Not listed

Trust

License
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
tama: Not listed
BYOC
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Fly.io Sprites
tama
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329
tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

tama fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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