Phonebox vs Tenki Sandbox

Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Phonebox

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

Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Phonebox
Tenki Sandbox
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Tenki Sandbox: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
SDKs
Phonebox: TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Phonebox: MCP
Tenki Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Phonebox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Phonebox: 3 hours
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Phonebox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Phonebox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
GPU
Phonebox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Phonebox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Phonebox:
Tenki Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Phonebox: TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Phonebox: MCP
Tenki Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Phonebox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Phonebox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Phonebox
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Phonebox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $2.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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