Sandbox as a Service vs Tenki Sandbox

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
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.

Sandbox as a Service
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Free tier
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Tenki Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
SDKs
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Sandbox as a Service: MCP
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sandbox as a Service
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $5.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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