Sailboxes vs Tenki Sandbox

Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
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.

Sailboxes
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Sailboxes: $0.015
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.008
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
SDKs
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sailboxes: $0.015
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.008
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Sailboxes: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Sailboxes: No limit
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Sailboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sailboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Sailboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

License
Sailboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Sailboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sailboxes
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sailboxes: $0.031
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sailboxes: $0.062
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sailboxes: $0.124
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $5.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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