Prized Sandboxes vs Tenki Sandbox

Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Prized Sandboxes

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

Tenki Sandbox

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

What is different

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

Prized Sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Largest sandbox
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
Isolation
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Prized Sandboxes: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Prized Sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prized 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: $0.130 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 64 GiB.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $30.
  • You need snapshots.

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