Sandbox as a Service vs tama

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

tama

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Sandbox as a Service
tama
vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Included
tama: $0.0055
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
tama: Per second
Largest sandbox
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
SDKs
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
tama: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Included
tama: $0.0055
Storage
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
tama: Not listed
Paid plan from
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
tama: Not listed
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
tama: Per second

Limits

Max session
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
tama: Not listed
Idle stop
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
tama: Full VM
GPU
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
tama:
Snapshots
Sandbox as a Service:
tama:
Pause and resume
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
tama:

Developer

SDKs
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Sandbox as a Service: MCP
tama: Not listed

Trust

License
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
tama: Not listed
BYOC
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sandbox as a Service
tama
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180
tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You use MCP.

tama fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.090 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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