Prized Sandboxes vs tama

Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 22, 2026

Prized Sandboxes

Linux microVMs in beta that your code creates, runs commands in, pauses, forks and deletes.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $30 credit, one time
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Prized 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

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

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Prized Sandboxes

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vCPU, per hour: Prized Sandboxes: $0.04; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Isolation: Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; tama: Full VM
GPU: Prized Sandboxes: No; tama:

Full comparison

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Prized Sandboxesprized.dev/pricing

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Prized Sandboxes: $0.04; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go; tama: Not listed
Billing: Prized Sandboxes: Per second; tama: Per second

Limits

Max session: Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours; tama: Not listed
Idle stop: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20; tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; tama: Full VM
GPU: Prized Sandboxes: No; tama:
Snapshots: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; tama:
Pause and resume: Prized Sandboxes:; tama:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Prized Sandboxes

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Prized Sandboxes: $0.065; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Prized Sandboxes: $0.130; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Prized Sandboxes: $0.260; tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prized 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 $0.130 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

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