microsandbox cloud vs tama

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

microsandbox cloud

Hosted microVM sandboxes for AI agents and untrusted code.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session: Not listed

Visit site microsandbox cloud profile

tama

Linux VMs with GPUs, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site tama profile

What is different

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

Field

microsandbox cloud

tama

vCPU, per hour: microsandbox cloud: $0.05; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: microsandbox cloud: $0.0162; tama: $0.0055
Storage: microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Isolation: microsandbox cloud: MicroVM; tama: Full VM
GPU: microsandbox cloud: No; tama:
Pause and resume: microsandbox cloud: No; tama:
SDKs: microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby; tama: Python, TypeScript

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: microsandbox cloud: $0.05; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: microsandbox cloud: $0.0162; tama: $0.0055
Storage: microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: microsandbox cloud: $49 / month; tama: Not listed
Billing: microsandbox cloud: Per second; tama: Per second

Limits

Max session: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Idle stop: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000; tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: microsandbox cloud: MicroVM; tama: Full VM
GPU: microsandbox cloud: No; tama:
Snapshots: microsandbox cloud:; tama:
Pause and resume: microsandbox cloud: No; tama:

Developer

SDKs: microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby; tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Trust

License: microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0; tama: Not listed
BYOC: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

microsandbox cloud

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: microsandbox cloud: $0.082; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: microsandbox cloud: $0.165; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: microsandbox cloud: $0.330; tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

microsandbox cloud fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.

tama fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.

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