Tenki Sandbox vs Thunder Sandboxes

Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Tenki Sandbox
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Isolation
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Tenki Sandbox: Per second
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Tenki Sandbox:
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Tenki Sandbox:
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
Tenki Sandbox: MCP
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Tenki Sandbox
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

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