inis.run vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
No limit

Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

inis.run
Tensorlake Sandboxes
RAM, per GiB-hour
inis.run: Included
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Billing
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
Isolation
inis.run: Full VM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
inis.run: No
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
inis.run: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
inis.run: Included
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
inis.run: Pay as you go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
inis.run: No limit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
inis.run: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
inis.run: Full VM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
inis.run: No
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
inis.run:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
inis.run:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
inis.run: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

inis.run
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

inis.run fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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