OpenAI Code Interpreter vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

OpenAI Code Interpreter bills memory only, at $0.09 per GiB-hour. Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. OpenAI Code Interpreter runs containers. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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OpenAI Code Interpreter

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

OpenAI Code Interpreter
Tensorlake Sandboxes
RAM, per GiB-hour
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.09
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Billing
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Memory only
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
OpenAI Code Interpreter: After 20 minutes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Isolation
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Container
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.09
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Memory only
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
OpenAI Code Interpreter: After 20 minutes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Container
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

OpenAI Code Interpreter
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.180
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.360
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.720
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

OpenAI Code Interpreter fits when

  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.200 against $0.360 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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