RemoteHost vs tama

tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

tama

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

RemoteHost
tama
RAM, per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Included
tama: $0.0055
Storage
RemoteHost: Free
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Billing
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
tama: Per second
Largest sandbox
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
tama: Full VM
SDKs
RemoteHost: TypeScript
tama: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
RemoteHost: Not listed
tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Included
tama: $0.0055
Storage
RemoteHost: Free
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
tama: Not listed
Paid plan from
RemoteHost: $20 / month
tama: Not listed
Billing
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
tama: Per second

Limits

Max session
RemoteHost: 72 hours
tama: Not listed
Idle stop
RemoteHost: Not listed
tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
tama: Full VM
GPU
RemoteHost: Not listed
tama:
Snapshots
RemoteHost:
tama:
Pause and resume
RemoteHost:
tama:

Developer

SDKs
RemoteHost: TypeScript
tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
RemoteHost: MCP, Claude Code
tama: Not listed

Trust

License
RemoteHost: Not listed
tama: Not listed
BYOC
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own
tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

RemoteHost
tama
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

RemoteHost fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

tama fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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