Novita Sandbox vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Novita Sandbox
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Max session
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Novita Sandbox:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Novita Sandbox
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.233
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • 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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