PandaStack Sandbox vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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PandaStack Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5.40 usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

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.

PandaStack Sandbox
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Idle stop
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
Isolation
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
PandaStack Sandbox:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
PandaStack Sandbox:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

PandaStack Sandbox
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.173 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need GDPR.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 64 GiB.

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