StateSet Sandbox vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

Tensorlake Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan, $0 forever
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

StateSet Sandbox
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Free tier
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Billing
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Max session
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Concurrent sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
Isolation
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP
Tensorlake Sandboxes: OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
StateSet Sandbox:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
StateSet Sandbox:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP
Tensorlake Sandboxes: OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: AWS, GCP, Azure, CoreWeave, Nebius or bare metal

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

StateSet Sandbox
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.

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