Lizard Sandboxes vs tama

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

tama

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Lizard Sandboxes
tama
vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
tama: $0.0055
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
tama: Per second
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
tama: Full VM
SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
tama: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
tama: $0.0055
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
tama: Not listed
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
tama: Not listed
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
tama: Per second

Limits

Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
tama: Not listed
Idle stop
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
tama: Full VM
GPU
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
tama:
Snapshots
Lizard Sandboxes:
tama:
Pause and resume
Lizard Sandboxes:
tama:

Developer

SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
tama: Not listed

Trust

License
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
tama: Not listed
BYOC
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Lizard Sandboxes
tama
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032
tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.045 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

tama fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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