Prime Sandboxes vs tama

Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Prime Sandboxes

Isolated microVM sandboxes for AI agents and RL.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Prime Sandboxes profile

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

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

Field

Prime Sandboxes

tama

vCPU, per hour: Prime Sandboxes: $0.02; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Largest sandbox: Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation: Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM; tama: Full VM
SDKs: Prime Sandboxes: Python; tama: Python, TypeScript

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Prime Sandboxesdocs.primeintellect.ai/sandboxes/overviewdocs.primeintellect.ai

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Prime Sandboxes: $0.02; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: Prime Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go; tama: Not listed
Billing: Prime Sandboxes: Per second; tama: Per second

Limits

Max session: Prime Sandboxes: No limit; tama: Not listed
Idle stop: Prime Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024; tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM; tama: Full VM
GPU: Prime Sandboxes: Not listed; tama:
Snapshots: Prime Sandboxes:; tama:
Pause and resume: Prime Sandboxes: Not listed; tama:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Prime Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed
BYOC: Prime Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Prime Sandboxes

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Prime Sandboxes: $0.045; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Prime Sandboxes: $0.090; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Prime Sandboxes: $0.180; tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prime Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

tama fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.090 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.

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