OpenPond Sandboxes vs tama

OpenPond Sandboxes costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.01166 per vCPU-hour. OpenPond Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

OpenPond Sandboxes

Isolated cloud sandboxes for agent work, controlled from a TypeScript SDK.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Max session: Not listed

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tama

Linux VMs with GPUs, billed by the second.

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

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What is different

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

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OpenPond Sandboxes

tama

vCPU, per hour: OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072; tama: $0.01166
RAM, per GiB-hour: OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234; tama: $0.005523
Storage: OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Paid plan from: OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month; tama: Pay as you go
Isolation: OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; tama: Full VM
SDKs: OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript; tama: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072; tama: $0.01166
RAM, per GiB-hour: OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234; tama: $0.005523
Storage: OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month; tama: Pay as you go
Billing: OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second; tama: Per second

Limits

Max session: OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Idle stop: OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes; tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox: OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10; tama: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript; tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Trust

License: OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed
BYOC: OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install; tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

OpenPond Sandboxes

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.119; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.238; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.475; tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

OpenPond Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

tama fits when

You need GPUs.
You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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