Fly.io Sprites vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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Fly.io Sprites

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

Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Fly.io Sprites
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Fly.io Sprites:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Fly.io Sprites:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Fly.io Sprites
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

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