September 2026 Summaries

Tembo Computer provides low-cost, full Linux virtual machines designed for coding agents and human oversight, featuring a 60fps desktop with a terminal, file explorer, and browser so users can inspect and interact with the same environment their agent uses. Sessions include preinstalled tools such as VS Code, Chromium, Ghostty, coding agents including Claude Code and Codex, GitHub CLI, Docker, Postgres, and screenshot or video-recording utilities. The service offers self-serve VM configurations from a 2-vCPU, 2-GiB Nano instance at $0.1066 per hour to a 32-vCPU, 128-GiB Ultra instance at $2.9536 per hour, billed by the second while running, with no compute charges for stopped and snapshotted machines. Tembo states that its pricing is 20% lower than E2B and Daytona, supports deployments on customer infrastructure through Tembo Self-hosted for AWS, GCP, and Azure, and invites users to contact the company about Windows or macOS VM options.