CreateOS Sandbox vs Tensorlake
Pick Tensorlake if you need sandboxes larger than 8 vCPU, live resize of a running VM, GPUs by request, or an AWS BYOC option. Pick CreateOS Sandbox if you want long sessions without a Pro subscription, a region you can name at create time, and SDKs beyond Python and TypeScript.
Pricing at a Glance
CreateOS rates verified 17 October 2026. Tensorlake pricing as published on 17 October 2026. Rates billed per GB rather than per GiB, or as bundled sizes, are quoted as published rather than converted.
CreateOS Sandbox
- Compute
- $0.0362 /vCPU-hr
- Memory
- $0.0116 /GiB-hr
Tensorlake
Tensorlake bills per second at $0.07 per active core-hour and $0.015 per GB-hour of RAM on Usage Credits, or $0.042 and $0.009 on Pro at $250 per month, as of 17 October 2026.
Where CreateOS Sandbox Fits Better
What CreateOS Sandbox brings to this matchup, with a plain note on where Tensorlake has the edge.
No session cap on any plan; Tensorlake limits sessions to 2 hours on Free and 24 hours on Usage Credits, with unlimited only on Pro and Enterprise.
Published regions: choose eu or us at create time. Tensorlake does not list its regions.
SDKs for Go, Rust, C# and Java (pre-1.0) besides TypeScript and Python, which are the two Tensorlake publishes.
Where Tensorlake is strong
Tensorlake packs in VM features that are hard to find together: memory snapshots and clones, live resize of CPU, memory and disk on a running sandbox, nested virtualization, sandboxes up to 16 vCPU / 64 GB on Pro, and no session cap on that plan.
Which to Pick
Pick CreateOS Sandbox if
- You run day-long sessions on pay-as-you-go pricing.
- Your agent stack is written in Go, Rust, C# or Java.
- You want a desktop:1 image with XFCE, Chrome and a computer-use API for browser agents.
Pick Tensorlake if
- You need more than 8 vCPU or 16 GB per sandbox.
- You want to resize a running sandbox without restarting it.
- You need GPU sandboxes or a BYOC deployment on AWS.
Head-to-Head Comparison
Every dimension side by side, checked on 17 October 2026 against each vendor's own docs and pricing pages. "Not published" means we could not find it on the vendor's pages, not that the feature is missing.
| Dimension | CreateOS Sandbox | Tensorlake |
|---|---|---|
| Isolation | Firecracker micro-VM with its own guest kernel | Firecracker and Cloud Hypervisor micro-VMs; gVisor for GPU sandboxes |
| Pause and resume | Saves disk, memory and CPU state; vCPU billing stops, memory and storage still bill | Named sandboxes suspend with memory and filesystem; ephemeral sandboxes cannot suspend |
| Fork | Forks a paused sandbox into many independent copies | Clone new sandboxes from a filesystem or memory snapshot |
| Outbound network default | Open with no rules; deny-by-default once any host, IP, CIDR or wildcard rule exists, enforced on the host outside the VM | Open; allow_internet_access=false blocks all, with an optional allow_out list |
| Largest size | 8 vCPU / 16 GB on Enterprise; 8 vCPU / 8 GB on Pro | 1 vCPU / 1 GB Free; 4 vCPU / 16 GB Usage Credits; 16 vCPU / 64 GB Pro; live resize |
| Concurrency | 1 / 5 / 20 / 30 by plan (Free to Enterprise); paused sandboxes count | 1 on Free; up to 100 on Usage Credits; 1,000 on Pro; unlimited on Enterprise |
| Session length | No cap; optional idle auto-pause from 60 s to 24 h, off by default | 2 hours Free; 24 hours Usage Credits; unlimited Pro and Enterprise |
| Billing | Per second: $0.03616363/vCPU-hr, $0.01159025/GiB-hr, $0.0001584/GB-hr storage; no egress fees, 50 GiB bandwidth budget per sandbox | Active CPU $0.07 per core-hour and RAM $0.015 per GB-hour on credits; $0.042 and $0.009 on Pro |
| Self-host or BYOC | Enterprise only, onboarded by our team | BYOC on AWS; open-source license not published |
| GPU | No GPU | By request, on gVisor; full list and pricing not published |
Common Questions
How long can a Tensorlake sandbox session last?
It depends on the plan: 2 hours on Free, 24 hours on Usage Credits, and unlimited on Pro and Enterprise. CreateOS Sandbox has no session cap on any plan, so a pay-as-you-go user can keep a sandbox running for days.
Can Tensorlake resize a running sandbox?
Yes. Tensorlake supports live resize of CPU, memory and disk on running non-GPU sandboxes, up to 16 vCPU / 64 GB on Pro. CreateOS Sandbox shapes top out at 8 vCPU / 16 GB on Enterprise, so Tensorlake fits workloads that need more headroom inside one sandbox.
Does Tensorlake or CreateOS Sandbox offer GPUs?
Tensorlake offers GPU sandboxes by request, running on gVisor; its example uses an H100, and the full list and pricing are not published. CreateOS Sandbox has no GPU shapes, so GPU work belongs on Tensorlake or another GPU provider.
Which costs less per hour, Tensorlake or CreateOS Sandbox?
It depends on plan and load. Tensorlake bills active CPU at $0.07 per core-hour on credits or $0.042 on Pro, and does not define core versus vCPU. CreateOS bills $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour while running. Memory is $0.015 or $0.009 per GB-hour on Tensorlake and $0.01159025 per GiB-hour on CreateOS.
Sources
Checked 17 October 2026.
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