tama vs Vercel Sandbox

tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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tama

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Vercel Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
5 CPU-hours every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

tama
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
tama: $0.0117
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
tama: $0.0055
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Billing
tama: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
tama: Full VM
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
tama: Python, TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
tama: $0.0117
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
tama: $0.0055
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
tama: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
tama: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
tama: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
tama: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
tama: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
tama: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

Isolation
tama: Full VM
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
tama:
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
tama:
Vercel Sandbox:
Pause and resume
tama:
Vercel Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
tama: Python, TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
tama: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License
tama: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
tama: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

tama
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
tama: $0.023
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
tama: $0.045
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
tama: $0.091
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

tama fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or Claude Code.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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