Phonebox vs tama

tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Phonebox

Cloud Android phones that AI agents control through their screens.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Max session: 3 hours

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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

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

Field

Phonebox

tama

Billing: Phonebox: Bundled machine time; tama: Per second
SDKs: Phonebox: TypeScript; tama: Python, TypeScript

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Phonebox: Not listed; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Phonebox: Not listed; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Phonebox: Not listed; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: Phonebox: Pay as you go; tama: Not listed
Billing: Phonebox: Bundled machine time; tama: Per second

Limits

Max session: Phonebox: 3 hours; tama: Not listed
Idle stop: Phonebox: After 5 minutes; tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Phonebox: Not listed; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Phonebox: Up to 5; tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Phonebox: Not listed; tama: Full VM
GPU: Phonebox: Not listed; tama:
Snapshots: Phonebox: Not listed; tama:
Pause and resume: Phonebox:; tama:

Developer

SDKs: Phonebox: TypeScript; tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Phonebox: MCP; tama: Not listed

Trust

License: Phonebox: Not listed; tama: Not listed
BYOC: Phonebox: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Phonebox

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Phonebox: Not listed; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Phonebox: Not listed; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Phonebox: Not listed; tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Phonebox fits when

You use MCP.

tama fits when

You need GPUs.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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