Lizard Sandboxes vs Tenki Sandbox

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Lizard Sandboxes

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

Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Lizard Sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Tenki Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

License
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Lizard Sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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