Tensorlake Sandboxes vs Thunder Sandboxes

Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Tensorlake Sandboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Billing
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Thunder Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Tensorlake Sandboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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