# TensorLake

MicroVMs you can resize while running. Suspend keeps memory, disk and processes until you resume.

Route to it: `--provider tensorlake`.

Compare it with others: [/providers/compare?p=tensorlake](/providers/compare?p=tensorlake).

## Price

| Size | Asked for | Per hour | Per month | Runs as | Plan |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| S | 1 vCPU · 2 GiB | at most $0.117/hr | at most $85/mo | 1 vCPU · 3 GiB · 10 GiB | $5 prepaid |
| M | 2 vCPU · 4 GiB | at most $0.232/hr | at most $169/mo | 2 vCPU · 6 GiB · 10 GiB | $5 prepaid |
| L | 4 vCPU · 8 GiB | at most $0.462/hr | at most $337/mo | 4 vCPU · 12 GiB · 10 GiB | $5 prepaid |
| XL | 8 vCPU · 16 GiB | Not offered | Not offered | — | — |

A month is 730 hours of running. Most you would pay: CPU billed only while busy: prices are at 100% CPU busy.

## Limits and features

What works through Sandbox Router:

| Feature | Value | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Isolation | microVM | Cloud Hypervisor |
| Snapshots | Memory | and fork |
| Kept after stop | Disk + memory | named sandboxes |
| When idle | — |  |
| Max session | 24 h | Pro: no limit |
| Max vCPU | 4 |  |
| Max memory | 12 GiB |  |
| Max disk | 20 GiB |  |
| Sizing | XS–XL, or custom |  |
| Custom image | Yes |  |
| GPU | Yes | Direct calls: Yes. The provider has this, but Sandbox Router doesn't pass it through yet. |
| Self-hosting | BYOC | on AWS |

Pricing sources, checked 6 Nov 2026: [tensorlake.ai/pricing](https://www.tensorlake.ai/pricing), [Billing docs](https://docs.tensorlake.ai/platform/billing.md), [Sandbox lifecycle](https://docs.tensorlake.ai/sandboxes/lifecycle.md).

## Benchmarks

From [ComputeSDK](https://www.computesdk.com/benchmarks/sandboxes), which runs the same test against every provider. Latest run Nov 6, 2026.

- Burst TTI score: 83.4. Rank 17 of 30 on the latest run, up 3.0 from Oct 30. ([source](https://www.computesdk.com/benchmarks/sandboxes/burst-tti/tensorlake))
- Build time: 73.1 s. Rank 17 of 35 on the latest run, 5.1 s faster than Oct 23. Failed Oct 30. ([source](https://www.computesdk.com/benchmarks/sandboxes/dax/tensorlake))

| Run | Burst TTI score | Build time |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 83.4 | 73.1 s |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 80.4 | Failed |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 76.6 | 78.2 s |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 71.9 | 82.5 s |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 74.3 | 85.3 s |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 75.3 | 59.3 s |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 72.5 | 87.5 s |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 88.4 | 97.2 s |