Runloop vs Tenki Sandbox

Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Runloop runs microVMs. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

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.

Runloop
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Runloop: $0.108
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.0252
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Runloop: $50 credit
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Runloop: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Isolation
Runloop: MicroVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Runloop: $0.108
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.0252
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Runloop: $50 credit
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Runloop: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Runloop: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Runloop: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Runloop: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Runloop: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

License
Runloop: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Runloop
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Runloop: $0.158
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Runloop: $0.317
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runloop: $0.634
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Runloop fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $50.

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