Phonebox vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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Phonebox

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

Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Phonebox
Tensorlake Sandboxes
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Max session
Phonebox: 3 hours
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
SDKs
Phonebox: TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Phonebox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Phonebox: 3 hours
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Phonebox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Phonebox: Up to 5
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Phonebox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Phonebox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Phonebox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Phonebox:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Phonebox: TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Phonebox: MCP
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Phonebox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Phonebox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Phonebox
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Phonebox fits when

  • You use MCP.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 3 hours.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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