Tensorlake Sandboxes vs Vercel Sandbox

Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Tensorlake Sandboxes

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

Vercel Sandbox

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

What is different

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

Tensorlake Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Max session
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000
Isolation
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Tensorlake Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.200 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.

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