Prime Sandboxes vs Tenki Sandbox

Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Tenki Sandbox

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

What is different

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

Prime Sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Paid plan from
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
Isolation
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Prime Sandboxes: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
GPU
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Prime Sandboxes:
Tenki Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

License
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Prime Sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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