InstaVM vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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InstaVM

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

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.

InstaVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
InstaVM: $0.0504
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0162
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
InstaVM: $50 credit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
InstaVM: $100 / month
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
InstaVM: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Concurrent sandboxes
InstaVM: Up to 100
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
Isolation
InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
InstaVM: $0.0504
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0162
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
InstaVM: $50 credit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
InstaVM: $100 / month
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
InstaVM: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
InstaVM: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
InstaVM: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
InstaVM: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
InstaVM: Up to 100
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
InstaVM: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
InstaVM: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
InstaVM: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

InstaVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
InstaVM: $0.083
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
InstaVM: $0.166
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
InstaVM: $0.331
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

InstaVM fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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