Tembo
Desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux. Agents run on your computer, on your own server or in the vendor's cloud.
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- Desktop app
- Mac, Windows and Linux
- Browser
- Yes
- Phone
- Phone browser
- Command line
- Yes
- Agents
- Claude Code, Codex, Cursor Agent, OpenCode and Pi
- Your subscription
- Works with your own plan
- Agents run
- On your computer, on your own server and in the vendor's cloud
- Laptop closed
- Keeps going
- Isolation
- VM
- Parallel agents
- Yes
- Scheduled runs
- Yes
- Coordinator agent
- Not listed
- Built-in issues
- Not listed
- Pull requests
- Yes
- Review screen
- Yes
- Team
- Roles and SSO
- Self-hosting
- Yes
- Licence
- Custom terms
- Price from
- $41–100/month
- How it charges
- Subscription, usage-based, per machine or compute and bring your own key
- Paid plans from
- $41–100/month
Receipts
- Checked
- · oldest answer 2026-11-07
- Findings
- 42 published · 26 cross-checked by a second agent · read them all
- Sources
- 27 public pages on 2 sites: tembo.io, docs.tembo.io
- Screenshot
- tembo.io, retrieved · first party release · shows appearance, not capability
- Data
- /products/tembo.json · .md
- Method
- Same rules for all 103 researched ADEs. How we check · Report wrong data
What it does
Where you use it
Tembo offers web/desktop, device CLI and documented iOS/Android phone-browser PWA. Native mobile platform availability remains unestablished.
Source and scope for Where you use itAccounts and subscriptions
Tembo documents BYOK and separate agent-subscription routes.
Source and scope for Accounts and subscriptionsWhere agents run
Cloud VMs and licensed/self-hosted machines have distinct responsibility and resource boundaries. Dedicated cloud session VMs execute independently of the laptop used as a browser/phone client; device-attached work still needs its device online.
Source and scope for Where agents runHow work is kept apart
Cloud sessions have dedicated VMs; device commands use host-user permissions.
Source and scope for How work is kept apartParallel work
Tembo documents sessions consuming worker capacity and self-hosted pools running separate VM sessions. Concurrency load was not observed.
Source and scope for Parallel workScheduled runs
Scheduled and event-triggered agents run in the background in Tembo sandboxes; capacity and spend constraints are explicit.
Source and scope for Scheduled runsGit and pull requests
PR actions support multiple repositories and Git providers.
Source and scope for Git and pull requestsLicence and source
Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
Source and scope for Licence and sourcePrice
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
Source and scope for PriceTyped filters
Every value links to its receipt below. Read plan and surface restrictions before using a filter to decide.
| Filter | Value |
|---|---|
| Desktop OS: macOS | Yes cross-checked |
| Desktop OS: Windows | Yes cross-checked |
| Desktop OS: Linux | Yes cross-checked |
| Web client | Yes cross-checked |
| Phone access: Native iOS | Unknown |
| Phone access: Native Android | Unknown |
| Phone access: Phone browser | Yes cross-checked |
| CLI | Yes |
| Coding agents: Claude Code | Yes cross-checked |
| Coding agents: Codex | Yes cross-checked |
| Coding agents: Cursor Agent | Yes cross-checked |
| Coding agents: Gemini CLI | Unknown |
| Coding agents: OpenCode | Yes cross-checked |
| Coding agents: Pi | Yes cross-checked |
| Coding agents: Grok | Unknown |
| Coding agents: Aider | Unknown |
| Coding agents: Antigravity | Unknown |
| Use my subscription | Yes cross-checked |
| Where agents run: On your computer | Yes |
| Where agents run: On your own server | Yes |
| Where agents run: In the vendor's cloud | Yes |
| Workspace isolation: Git worktree | Unknown |
| Workspace isolation: Container | Unknown |
| Workspace isolation: VM or microVM | Yes cross-checked |
| Parallel runs | Yes cross-checked |
| Coordinator | Unknown |
| Native issue tracking | Unknown |
| Unattended triggers | Yes cross-checked |
| Shared prompting | Unknown |
| Team roles | Yes |
| SSO | Yes |
| Pull request workflow | Yes cross-checked |
| Review interface | Yes cross-checked |
| Product license: Apache-2.0 | No. Custom terms |
| Product license: MIT | No. Custom terms |
| Product license: GPL-3.0 | No. Custom terms |
| Product license: GPL-3.0-or-later | No. Custom terms |
| Product license: AGPL-3.0 | No. Custom terms |
| Product license: AGPL-3.0-or-later | No. Custom terms |
| Product license: Elastic License 2.0 | No. Custom terms |
| Product license: Custom terms | Yes. Custom terms |
| Product license: Proprietary | No. Custom terms |
| Self-hosting | Yes cross-checked |
| Telemetry opt-out | Unknown |
| Free access | No cross-checked |
| Starting price: Free | No. $41–100/month cross-checked |
| Starting price: Up to $20/month | No. $41–100/month cross-checked |
| Starting price: $21–40/month | No. $41–100/month cross-checked |
| Starting price: $41–100/month | Yes. $41–100/month cross-checked |
| Starting price: Over $100/month | No. $41–100/month cross-checked |
| Starting price: Contact for pricing | No. $41–100/month cross-checked |
| Pricing model: Free, no paid plan | No |
| Pricing model: Free plan | No cross-checked |
| Pricing model: Subscription | Yes cross-checked |
| Pricing model: Per seat | Unknown |
| Pricing model: Usage-based | Yes cross-checked |
| Pricing model: Per machine or compute | Yes cross-checked |
| Pricing model: Bring your own key | Yes cross-checked |
| Pricing model: One-time purchase | No |
| Paid plans from: No paid plan | No. $41–100/month |
| Paid plans from: $10 or less/month | No. $41–100/month |
| Paid plans from: $11–20/month | No. $41–100/month |
| Paid plans from: $21–40/month | No. $41–100/month |
| Paid plans from: $41–100/month | Yes. $41–100/month |
| Paid plans from: Over $100/month | No. $41–100/month |
| Paid plans from: Contact sales | No. $41–100/month |
| Lifecycle status: Active | Unknown |
| Lifecycle status: Sunsetting | Unknown |
| Keeps going with laptop closed | Yes |
| Open-source license | No. Custom terms |
| Any desktop app | Yes cross-checked |
| Paid plan up to $20/month | No. $41–100/month |
| Paid plan up to $40/month | No. $41–100/month |
| Any phone client | Yes cross-checked |
Filter receipts
Desktop OS: macOS: Yes cross-checked
Desktop OS: macOS
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo offers web/desktop, device CLI and documented iOS/Android phone-browser PWA. Native mobile platform availability remains unestablished.
- Desktop os: macOS; Linux and Windows downloads labelled beta.
- Browser: Web application.
- Cli: CLI pairs devices and starts the device connection; sandbox agent CLI is separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Mac desktop 0.0.13 and Linux/Windows beta downloads link alongside the web client.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
Desktop OS: Windows: Yes cross-checked
Desktop OS: Windows
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo offers web/desktop, device CLI and documented iOS/Android phone-browser PWA. Native mobile platform availability remains unestablished.
- Desktop os: macOS; Linux and Windows downloads labelled beta.
- Browser: Web application.
- Cli: CLI pairs devices and starts the device connection; sandbox agent CLI is separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Mac desktop 0.0.13 and Linux/Windows beta downloads link alongside the web client.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
Desktop OS: Linux: Yes cross-checked
Desktop OS: Linux
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo offers web/desktop, device CLI and documented iOS/Android phone-browser PWA. Native mobile platform availability remains unestablished.
- Desktop os: macOS; Linux and Windows downloads labelled beta.
- Browser: Web application.
- Cli: CLI pairs devices and starts the device connection; sandbox agent CLI is separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Mac desktop 0.0.13 and Linux/Windows beta downloads link alongside the web client.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
Web client: Yes cross-checked
Web client
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo offers web/desktop, device CLI and documented iOS/Android phone-browser PWA. Native mobile platform availability remains unestablished.
- Desktop os: macOS; Linux and Windows downloads labelled beta.
- Browser: Web application.
- Cli: CLI pairs devices and starts the device connection; sandbox agent CLI is separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Mac desktop 0.0.13 and Linux/Windows beta downloads link alongside the web client.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
Phone access: Phone browser: Yes cross-checked
Phone access: Phone browser
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo offers web/desktop, device CLI and documented iOS/Android phone-browser PWA. Native mobile platform availability remains unestablished.
- Mobile browser: Safari iOS 14.3+ and Chrome Android PWA installation/access documented.
- Notifications: PWA push notifications are listed as coming soon; the Oct 9 changelog separately describes desktop-app and browser notifications for approval needed, PR opened and review requested.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Installation; Supported browsers
Finding: Tembo PWA installs from app.tembo.io with Safari iOS and Chrome Android home-screen steps. Supported Safari minimum iOS 14.3. Push notifications are coming soon, not shipped.
CLI: Yes
CLI
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo offers web/desktop, device CLI and documented iOS/Android phone-browser PWA. Native mobile platform availability remains unestablished.
- Desktop os: macOS; Linux and Windows downloads labelled beta.
- Browser: Web application.
- Cli: CLI pairs devices and starts the device connection; sandbox agent CLI is separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
Coding agents: Claude Code: Yes cross-checked
Coding agents: Claude Code
Typed value: Yes.
Agents have selectable harness and model defaults.
- Harnesses: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Amp, Pi and fx.
- Model providers: Harness-specific model catalog.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Per-agent harness/model defaults and scheduled/integration/webhook dispatch with an API key are documented. 201 means queued, not completed.
Coding agents: Codex: Yes cross-checked
Coding agents: Codex
Typed value: Yes.
Agents have selectable harness and model defaults.
- Harnesses: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Amp, Pi and fx.
- Model providers: Harness-specific model catalog.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Per-agent harness/model defaults and scheduled/integration/webhook dispatch with an API key are documented. 201 means queued, not completed.
Coding agents: Cursor Agent: Yes cross-checked
Coding agents: Cursor Agent
Typed value: Yes.
Agents have selectable harness and model defaults.
- Harnesses: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Amp, Pi and fx.
- Model providers: Harness-specific model catalog.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Per-agent harness/model defaults and scheduled/integration/webhook dispatch with an API key are documented. 201 means queued, not completed.
Coding agents: OpenCode: Yes cross-checked
Coding agents: OpenCode
Typed value: Yes.
Agents have selectable harness and model defaults.
- Harnesses: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Amp, Pi and fx.
- Model providers: Harness-specific model catalog.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Per-agent harness/model defaults and scheduled/integration/webhook dispatch with an API key are documented. 201 means queued, not completed.
Coding agents: Pi: Yes cross-checked
Coding agents: Pi
Typed value: Yes.
Agents have selectable harness and model defaults.
- Harnesses: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Amp, Pi and fx.
- Model providers: Harness-specific model catalog.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Per-agent harness/model defaults and scheduled/integration/webhook dispatch with an API key are documented. 201 means queued, not completed.
Use my subscription: Yes cross-checked
Use my subscription
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo documents BYOK and separate agent-subscription routes.
- Agent subscriptions: Eligible ChatGPT, personal Claude and SuperGrok subscriptions.
- Api accounts: OpenAI/Anthropic/xAI/Cursor/OpenRouter and cloud gateways.
- Provider restrictions: Accounts must be user-owned; subscription inference still incurs VM compute.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Own API credentials, ChatGPT, personal Claude and SuperGrok subscription routes differ; connected accounts must belong to the user. Compute remains billable.
Where agents run: On your computer: Yes
Where agents run: On your computer
Typed value: Yes.
Cloud VMs and licensed/self-hosted machines have distinct responsibility and resource boundaries. Dedicated cloud session VMs execute independently of the laptop used as a browser/phone client; device-attached work still needs its device online.
- Local: A connected local laptop/workstation can execute commands and file operations under its OS user.
- Byo remote: A connected laptop, workstation or server can run commands and files for sessions you start, with your user's permissions.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Finding: Connect a laptop, workstation or server so sessions you start can run commands and read or write files on it; commands run on your real machine with your user's permissions.
Where agents run: On your own server: Yes
Where agents run: On your own server
Typed value: Yes.
Cloud VMs and licensed/self-hosted machines have distinct responsibility and resource boundaries. Dedicated cloud session VMs execute independently of the laptop used as a browser/phone client; device-attached work still needs its device online.
- Local: A connected local laptop/workstation can execute commands and file operations under its OS user.
- Byo remote: A connected laptop, workstation or server can run commands and files for sessions you start, with your user's permissions.
- Self hosted: Licensed self-hosted machine image runs inside infrastructure you control.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Finding: Connect a laptop, workstation or server so sessions you start can run commands and read or write files on it; commands run on your real machine with your user's permissions.
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Self-hosted overview - Tembo Docs
Finding: Run Tembo inside infrastructure you control from a Tembo-provided NixOS machine image configured with a licence key.
Where agents run: In the vendor's cloud: Yes
Where agents run: In the vendor's cloud
Typed value: Yes.
Cloud VMs and licensed/self-hosted machines have distinct responsibility and resource boundaries. Dedicated cloud session VMs execute independently of the laptop used as a browser/phone client; device-attached work still needs its device online.
- Managed cloud: Dedicated cloud Linux VM per session.
- Resources: Five published sandbox sizes.
- Client disconnect: Dedicated cloud session execution lives on the remote VM, with dashboard/phone clients attaching to it. A sleeping controlling laptop is not that execution host.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Finding: Five sandbox sizes; each session runs in a dedicated Linux VM and no two sessions share a VM.
Workspace isolation: VM or microVM: Yes cross-checked
Workspace isolation: VM or microVM
Typed value: Yes.
Cloud sessions have dedicated VMs; device commands use host-user permissions.
- Vm: No two cloud sessions share a VM.
- Security boundary: Vendor offers VM-only posture for cloud. Personal device commands run under the owner login permissions. No containment test.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Dedicated Linux VM per session; teardown does not remove prepared project caches. Provider retention is separate.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
Parallel runs: Yes cross-checked
Parallel runs
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo documents sessions consuming worker capacity and self-hosted pools running separate VM sessions. Concurrency load was not observed.
- Concurrent sessions: Host pools account for memory used by running sessions and memory needed by waiting sessions.
- Quotas: Host pool maxHosts bounds infrastructure; minIdleMemory keeps capacity for new sessions.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
- Agent-host pool, scaling and session-restore facts come from the self-hosted Kubernetes agent-host docs; the self-hosted overview says Kubernetes and GCP support are in early access.
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Tembo Classes/pools; Scaling; Sessions
Finding: Self-hosted Kubernetes controller sizes agent-host pools by running/waiting memory and minIdleMemory up to maxHosts. Each session has own VM; same-host saved memory resumes processes, replacement-host disk restore loses processes. Idle host removal is coming, not shipped. Hosts failing registration after 15 minutes are replaced.
Unattended triggers: Yes cross-checked
Unattended triggers
Typed value: Yes.
Scheduled and event-triggered agents run in the background in Tembo sandboxes; capacity and spend constraints are explicit.
- Schedules: Recurring schedules.
- Events: GitHub/GitLab, Linear, Slack and Sentry.
- Scheduler location: Agents run in the background in a Tembo sandbox; the docs do not describe where the scheduler itself runs.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Per-agent harness/model defaults and scheduled/integration/webhook dispatch with an API key are documented. 201 means queued, not completed.
Team roles: Yes
Team roles
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo documents enterprise SSO, admin/reviewer/operator roles and team/repository permissions.
- Organization roles: Roles for admins, reviewers and operators govern launching agents, approving PRs and modifying configuration.
- Sso: SAML 2.0 and OIDC with Okta/Azure AD/Google Workspace or compliant IdP; pricing page lists SSO & advanced security under Enterprise.
- Plan scope: Pricing page lists SSO & advanced security under Enterprise; the security page does not tie roles to a plan. Device ownership and project admin rules remain separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Access controls; Compliance; Data handling
Finding: Vendor states SAML/OIDC, roles for admins/reviewers/operators, per-session audit and configurable retention/SIEM export. It reports SOC 2 Type II and ISO claims with reports under NDA but no issuer/period shown. Cloud repository mirrors persist in Git storage, while self-hosted clone stays inside network. Vendor states no training; cloud deletion requests honored within 30 days.
SSO: Yes
SSO
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo documents enterprise SSO, admin/reviewer/operator roles and team/repository permissions.
- Organization roles: Roles for admins, reviewers and operators govern launching agents, approving PRs and modifying configuration.
- Sso: SAML 2.0 and OIDC with Okta/Azure AD/Google Workspace or compliant IdP; pricing page lists SSO & advanced security under Enterprise.
- Plan scope: Pricing page lists SSO & advanced security under Enterprise; the security page does not tie roles to a plan. Device ownership and project admin rules remain separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Access controls; Compliance; Data handling
Finding: Vendor states SAML/OIDC, roles for admins/reviewers/operators, per-session audit and configurable retention/SIEM export. It reports SOC 2 Type II and ISO claims with reports under NDA but no issuer/period shown. Cloud repository mirrors persist in Git storage, while self-hosted clone stays inside network. Vendor states no training; cloud deletion requests honored within 30 days.
Pull request workflow: Yes cross-checked
Pull request workflow
Typed value: Yes.
PR actions support multiple repositories and Git providers.
- Commits: Signed and verified GitHub commits.
- Pull requests: PR/MR per affected repository.
- Product state: Dashboard Changes tab and explicit Open PR action.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Normally opens linked PRs per repository; dashboard sessions show Changes and wait for explicit Open PR. Signed GitHub commits and PR templates are documented.
Review interface: Yes cross-checked
Review interface
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo documents expandable task diffs and line comments. Usability was not measured.
- Change understanding: Expandable full file diff and grouped live PR checks in session/task view.
- Comments: Dated changelog states line comments inside task diffs.
- Context switching: PR actions/checks/diff filtering/sandbox logs accessible in session sidebar.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Sep 18 automatic recovery; Sep 11 planning; Sep 4 plan artifacts; Apr 17 diff comments
Finding: Dated shipped notes describe automatic task resume after VM crash/restart, optional manual recovery, composer planning mode (Sep 9), shareable plan artifacts (Aug 27) and inline task diff comments. Other notes expose session forking, live PR checks, agent instruction history and browser notifications (Oct 9). Source assertions were not reproduced.
Product license: Apache-2.0: No. Custom terms
Product license: Apache-2.0
Typed value: No. Custom terms.
Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
- Client license: Main service/application use is governed by Tembo's limited-use customer agreement.
- Server license: Self-hosted image use is licensed, with Tembo retaining the underlying software rights.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Tembo main-service license terms
Finding: The service is offered on subscriptions/Order Forms. Tembo retains rights in its software, algorithms and documentation and grants the customer a limited right to use the service. Self-hosted deployment uses a licensed Tembo-provided image, rather than a standard open-source grant.
Product license: MIT: No. Custom terms
Product license: MIT
Typed value: No. Custom terms.
Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
- Client license: Main service/application use is governed by Tembo's limited-use customer agreement.
- Server license: Self-hosted image use is licensed, with Tembo retaining the underlying software rights.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Tembo main-service license terms
Finding: The service is offered on subscriptions/Order Forms. Tembo retains rights in its software, algorithms and documentation and grants the customer a limited right to use the service. Self-hosted deployment uses a licensed Tembo-provided image, rather than a standard open-source grant.
Product license: GPL-3.0: No. Custom terms
Product license: GPL-3.0
Typed value: No. Custom terms.
Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
- Client license: Main service/application use is governed by Tembo's limited-use customer agreement.
- Server license: Self-hosted image use is licensed, with Tembo retaining the underlying software rights.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Tembo main-service license terms
Finding: The service is offered on subscriptions/Order Forms. Tembo retains rights in its software, algorithms and documentation and grants the customer a limited right to use the service. Self-hosted deployment uses a licensed Tembo-provided image, rather than a standard open-source grant.
Product license: GPL-3.0-or-later: No. Custom terms
Product license: GPL-3.0-or-later
Typed value: No. Custom terms.
Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
- Client license: Main service/application use is governed by Tembo's limited-use customer agreement.
- Server license: Self-hosted image use is licensed, with Tembo retaining the underlying software rights.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Tembo main-service license terms
Finding: The service is offered on subscriptions/Order Forms. Tembo retains rights in its software, algorithms and documentation and grants the customer a limited right to use the service. Self-hosted deployment uses a licensed Tembo-provided image, rather than a standard open-source grant.
Product license: AGPL-3.0: No. Custom terms
Product license: AGPL-3.0
Typed value: No. Custom terms.
Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
- Client license: Main service/application use is governed by Tembo's limited-use customer agreement.
- Server license: Self-hosted image use is licensed, with Tembo retaining the underlying software rights.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Tembo main-service license terms
Finding: The service is offered on subscriptions/Order Forms. Tembo retains rights in its software, algorithms and documentation and grants the customer a limited right to use the service. Self-hosted deployment uses a licensed Tembo-provided image, rather than a standard open-source grant.
Product license: AGPL-3.0-or-later: No. Custom terms
Product license: AGPL-3.0-or-later
Typed value: No. Custom terms.
Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
- Client license: Main service/application use is governed by Tembo's limited-use customer agreement.
- Server license: Self-hosted image use is licensed, with Tembo retaining the underlying software rights.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Tembo main-service license terms
Finding: The service is offered on subscriptions/Order Forms. Tembo retains rights in its software, algorithms and documentation and grants the customer a limited right to use the service. Self-hosted deployment uses a licensed Tembo-provided image, rather than a standard open-source grant.
Product license: Elastic License 2.0: No. Custom terms
Product license: Elastic License 2.0
Typed value: No. Custom terms.
Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
- Client license: Main service/application use is governed by Tembo's limited-use customer agreement.
- Server license: Self-hosted image use is licensed, with Tembo retaining the underlying software rights.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Tembo main-service license terms
Finding: The service is offered on subscriptions/Order Forms. Tembo retains rights in its software, algorithms and documentation and grants the customer a limited right to use the service. Self-hosted deployment uses a licensed Tembo-provided image, rather than a standard open-source grant.
Product license: Custom terms: Yes. Custom terms
Product license: Custom terms
Typed value: Yes. Custom terms.
Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
- Client license: Main service/application use is governed by Tembo's limited-use customer agreement.
- Server license: Self-hosted image use is licensed, with Tembo retaining the underlying software rights.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Tembo main-service license terms
Finding: The service is offered on subscriptions/Order Forms. Tembo retains rights in its software, algorithms and documentation and grants the customer a limited right to use the service. Self-hosted deployment uses a licensed Tembo-provided image, rather than a standard open-source grant.
Product license: Proprietary: No. Custom terms
Product license: Proprietary
Typed value: No. Custom terms.
Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
- Client license: Main service/application use is governed by Tembo's limited-use customer agreement.
- Server license: Self-hosted image use is licensed, with Tembo retaining the underlying software rights.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Tembo main-service license terms
Finding: The service is offered on subscriptions/Order Forms. Tembo retains rights in its software, algorithms and documentation and grants the customer a limited right to use the service. Self-hosted deployment uses a licensed Tembo-provided image, rather than a standard open-source grant.
Self-hosting: Yes cross-checked
Self-hosting
Typed value: Yes.
The licensed self-hosted platform remains dependent on vendor release licensing.
- Self hosting: Packaged NixOS platform image.
- Vendor dependencies: License key and outbound authenticated release endpoint.
- Formats: Operator-configured JSON and PostgreSQL; full export/import not established.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Licensed NixOS image includes web/API/workers/cron/database stack. Operator manages networking/secrets/backups; Kubernetes/GCP early access.
Free access: No cross-checked
Free access
Typed value: No.
A seven-day trial is followed by paid continuation when time or allowance expires.
- Ongoing free: Trial ends or allowance exhaustion requires paid upgrade to continue sessions; no recurring free plan on this pricing contract.
- Paid only: Continued sessions after trial require Pro/Max or Enterprise; trial is separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
Starting price: Free: No. $41–100/month cross-checked
Starting price: Free
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Overages: Pro/Max can enable overage billing with a maximum overage limit; overage is not available during the trial.
- Model cost: Gateway token rates published; BYOK/subscription inference zero through Tembo with compute separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
Starting price: Up to $20/month: No. $41–100/month cross-checked
Starting price: Up to $20/month
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Overages: Pro/Max can enable overage billing with a maximum overage limit; overage is not available during the trial.
- Model cost: Gateway token rates published; BYOK/subscription inference zero through Tembo with compute separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
Starting price: $21–40/month: No. $41–100/month cross-checked
Starting price: $21–40/month
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Overages: Pro/Max can enable overage billing with a maximum overage limit; overage is not available during the trial.
- Model cost: Gateway token rates published; BYOK/subscription inference zero through Tembo with compute separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
Starting price: $41–100/month: Yes. $41–100/month cross-checked
Starting price: $41–100/month
Typed value: Yes. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Overages: Pro/Max can enable overage billing with a maximum overage limit; overage is not available during the trial.
- Model cost: Gateway token rates published; BYOK/subscription inference zero through Tembo with compute separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
Starting price: Over $100/month: No. $41–100/month cross-checked
Starting price: Over $100/month
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Overages: Pro/Max can enable overage billing with a maximum overage limit; overage is not available during the trial.
- Model cost: Gateway token rates published; BYOK/subscription inference zero through Tembo with compute separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
Starting price: Contact for pricing: No. $41–100/month cross-checked
Starting price: Contact for pricing
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Overages: Pro/Max can enable overage billing with a maximum overage limit; overage is not available during the trial.
- Model cost: Gateway token rates published; BYOK/subscription inference zero through Tembo with compute separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
Pricing model: Free, no paid plan: No
Pricing model: Free, no paid plan
Typed value: No.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Overages: Pro/Max can enable overage billing with a maximum overage limit; overage is not available during the trial.
- Model cost: Gateway token rates published; BYOK/subscription inference zero through Tembo with compute separate.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
Pricing model: Free plan: No cross-checked
Pricing model: Free plan
Typed value: No.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Overages: Pro/Max can enable overage billing with a maximum overage limit; overage is not available during the trial.
- Model cost: Gateway token rates published; BYOK/subscription inference zero through Tembo with compute separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
Pricing model: Subscription: Yes cross-checked
Pricing model: Subscription
Typed value: Yes.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
Pricing model: Usage-based: Yes cross-checked
Pricing model: Usage-based
Typed value: Yes.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Overages: Pro/Max can enable overage billing with a maximum overage limit; overage is not available during the trial.
- Model cost: Gateway token rates published; BYOK/subscription inference zero through Tembo with compute separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
Pricing model: Per machine or compute: Yes cross-checked
Pricing model: Per machine or compute
Typed value: Yes.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
Pricing model: Bring your own key: Yes cross-checked
Pricing model: Bring your own key
Typed value: Yes.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Overages: Pro/Max can enable overage billing with a maximum overage limit; overage is not available during the trial.
- Model cost: Gateway token rates published; BYOK/subscription inference zero through Tembo with compute separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
Pricing model: One-time purchase: No
Pricing model: One-time purchase
Typed value: No.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Overages: Pro/Max can enable overage billing with a maximum overage limit; overage is not available during the trial.
- Model cost: Gateway token rates published; BYOK/subscription inference zero through Tembo with compute separate.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
Paid plans from: No paid plan: No. $41–100/month
Paid plans from: No paid plan
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
Paid plans from: $10 or less/month: No. $41–100/month
Paid plans from: $10 or less/month
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
Paid plans from: $11–20/month: No. $41–100/month
Paid plans from: $11–20/month
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
Paid plans from: $21–40/month: No. $41–100/month
Paid plans from: $21–40/month
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
Paid plans from: $41–100/month: Yes. $41–100/month
Paid plans from: $41–100/month
Typed value: Yes. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
Paid plans from: Over $100/month: No. $41–100/month
Paid plans from: Over $100/month
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
Paid plans from: Contact sales: No. $41–100/month
Paid plans from: Contact sales
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
Keeps going with laptop closed: Yes
Keeps going with laptop closed
Typed value: Yes.
Cloud VMs and licensed/self-hosted machines have distinct responsibility and resource boundaries. Dedicated cloud session VMs execute independently of the laptop used as a browser/phone client; device-attached work still needs its device online.
- Managed cloud: Dedicated cloud Linux VM per session.
- Resources: Five published sandbox sizes.
- Client disconnect: Dedicated cloud session execution lives on the remote VM, with dashboard/phone clients attaching to it. A sleeping controlling laptop is not that execution host.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Finding: Five sandbox sizes; each session runs in a dedicated Linux VM and no two sessions share a VM.
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Tembo independent cloud session workspace
Finding: A session runs in its own server-side sandbox VM and is opened from dashboard, agents or mentions. Browser/phone clients watch and control the cloud workspace and its files, terminal and computer; the originating laptop is not the execution host. Device-attached work separately requires that device online.
Open-source license: No. Custom terms
Open-source license
Typed value: No. Custom terms.
Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
- Client license: Main service/application use is governed by Tembo's limited-use customer agreement.
- Server license: Self-hosted image use is licensed, with Tembo retaining the underlying software rights.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Tembo main-service license terms
Finding: The service is offered on subscriptions/Order Forms. Tembo retains rights in its software, algorithms and documentation and grants the customer a limited right to use the service. Self-hosted deployment uses a licensed Tembo-provided image, rather than a standard open-source grant.
Any desktop app: Yes cross-checked
Any desktop app
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo offers web/desktop, device CLI and documented iOS/Android phone-browser PWA. Native mobile platform availability remains unestablished.
- Desktop os: macOS; Linux and Windows downloads labelled beta.
- Browser: Web application.
- Cli: CLI pairs devices and starts the device connection; sandbox agent CLI is separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Mac desktop 0.0.13 and Linux/Windows beta downloads link alongside the web client.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
Paid plan up to $20/month: No. $41–100/month
Paid plan up to $20/month
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
Paid plan up to $40/month: No. $41–100/month
Paid plan up to $40/month
Typed value: No. $41–100/month.
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- Currency: USD.
- Interval: Monthly.
- Seats: Pro up to five users; Max up to ten.
- Included usage: Pro $60 includes $90; Max $200 includes $400.
- Compute cost: Micro 2vCPU/4GB $0.1326/hour, metered by second.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
Any phone client: Yes cross-checked
Any phone client
Typed value: Yes.
Tembo offers web/desktop, device CLI and documented iOS/Android phone-browser PWA. Native mobile platform availability remains unestablished.
- Mobile browser: Safari iOS 14.3+ and Chrome Android PWA installation/access documented.
- Notifications: PWA push notifications are listed as coming soon; the Oct 9 changelog separately describes desktop-app and browser notifications for approval needed, PR opened and review requested.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Installation; Supported browsers
Finding: Tembo PWA installs from app.tembo.io with Safari iOS and Chrome Android home-screen steps. Supported Safari minimum iOS 14.3. Push notifications are coming soon, not shipped.
All public findings
Findings may summarize a source. They are not presented as verbatim statements.
tembo:ACC-01: Tembo offers web/desktop, device CLI and documented iOS/Android phone-browser PWA. Native mobile platform availability remains unestablished. cross-checked
tembo:ACC-01
Tembo offers web/desktop, device CLI and documented iOS/Android phone-browser PWA. Native mobile platform availability remains unestablished.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Mac desktop 0.0.13 and Linux/Windows beta downloads link alongside the web client.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
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Finding: Recent entries describe device screens, skill editor, visibility preferences, user Insights, in-session questions and retained image artifacts.
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Tembo Installation; Supported browsers
Finding: Tembo PWA installs from app.tembo.io with Safari iOS and Chrome Android home-screen steps. Supported Safari minimum iOS 14.3. Push notifications are coming soon, not shipped.
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Tembo Sep 18 automatic recovery; Sep 11 planning; Sep 4 plan artifacts; Apr 17 diff comments
Finding: Dated shipped notes describe automatic task resume after VM crash/restart, optional manual recovery, composer planning mode (Sep 9), shareable plan artifacts (Aug 27) and inline task diff comments. Other notes expose session forking, live PR checks, agent instruction history and browser notifications (Oct 9). Source assertions were not reproduced.
tembo:ACC-02: Agents have selectable harness and model defaults. cross-checked
tembo:ACC-02
Agents have selectable harness and model defaults.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Per-agent harness/model defaults and scheduled/integration/webhook dispatch with an API key are documented. 201 means queued, not completed.
tembo:ACC-03: Tembo documents BYOK and separate agent-subscription routes. cross-checked
tembo:ACC-03
Tembo documents BYOK and separate agent-subscription routes.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Own API credentials, ChatGPT, personal Claude and SuperGrok subscription routes differ; connected accounts must belong to the user. Compute remains billable.
tembo:ACC-04: Self-hosting uses a licensed machine image and browser installer. cross-checked
tembo:ACC-04
Self-hosting uses a licensed machine image and browser installer.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Licensed NixOS image includes web/API/workers/cron/database stack. Operator manages networking/secrets/backups; Kubernetes/GCP early access.
tembo:ACC-05: Public API and sandbox tools expose agents, sessions, artifacts, schedules and run state; pairing CLI is separate.
tembo:ACC-05
Public API and sandbox tools expose agents, sessions, artifacts, schedules and run state; pairing CLI is separate.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Per-agent harness/model defaults and scheduled/integration/webhook dispatch with an API key are documented. 201 means queued, not completed.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
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Tembo MCP; Sessions/artifacts; CLI commands
Finding: Sandbox tools can list/discover/call MCP tools and create HTML/Markdown/CSV/JSON/uploaded artifacts. Sandbox CLI includes verified commit/push, preview service artifact, final response and VM keepalive. This is distinct from personal-device pairing CLI.
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Tembo Public API index; Agent instruction revisions; Artifacts
Finding: Current API index lists agent/session/repository operations, run status/duration/error retrieval and artifact creation. Agent instructions have saved revisions and optimistic concurrency restore; revisions exclude other configuration. API describes queuing, not completed work.
tembo:ACC-06: Tembo manages MCP integrations and repository/workspace skills. cross-checked
tembo:ACC-06
Tembo manages MCP integrations and repository/workspace skills.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Custom local/remote MCP servers with OAuth or other credentials can be personal or workspace-shared; calls reach the selected external service.
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Tembo Repository skills; Managed skills
Finding: Tembo loads repository, managed and built-in skills. Managed editor creates/edits/deletes skill folders and reference files and copies them to each agent skill directory. Managed skills apply across every workspace session; malformed frontmatter is skipped.
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Tembo MCP; Sessions/artifacts; CLI commands
Finding: Sandbox tools can list/discover/call MCP tools and create HTML/Markdown/CSV/JSON/uploaded artifacts. Sandbox CLI includes verified commit/push, preview service artifact, final response and VM keepalive. This is distinct from personal-device pairing CLI.
tembo:PLAN-01: External issues, chat and Git events supply agent intake. cross-checked
tembo:PLAN-01
External issues, chat and Git events supply agent intake.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Per-agent harness/model defaults and scheduled/integration/webhook dispatch with an API key are documented. 201 means queued, not completed.
tembo:PLAN-02: Tembo planning mode produces a plan for review and a shareable artifact. Durable acceptance enforcement remains unestablished.
tembo:PLAN-02
Tembo planning mode produces a plan for review and a shareable artifact. Durable acceptance enforcement remains unestablished.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Sep 18 automatic recovery; Sep 11 planning; Sep 4 plan artifacts; Apr 17 diff comments
Finding: Dated shipped notes describe automatic task resume after VM crash/restart, optional manual recovery, composer planning mode (Sep 9), shareable plan artifacts (Aug 27) and inline task diff comments. Other notes expose session forking, live PR checks, agent instruction history and browser notifications (Oct 9). Source assertions were not reproduced.
tembo:PLAN-04: Repo/project rules and managed skills provide repeatable workspace context. cross-checked
tembo:PLAN-04
Repo/project rules and managed skills provide repeatable workspace context.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Reads the first supported repository rule file before every session; architecture/testing text is guidance, not a proved gate.
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Finding: Projects cache repositories, dependencies and running services in disk/memory environments by size. Daily refresh and build pinning are documented.
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Tembo Repository skills; Managed skills
Finding: Tembo loads repository, managed and built-in skills. Managed editor creates/edits/deletes skill folders and reference files and copies them to each agent skill directory. Managed skills apply across every workspace session; malformed frontmatter is skipped.
tembo:PLAN-05: Rule files can carry architecture conventions; enforcement was not demonstrated. cross-checked
tembo:PLAN-05
Rule files can carry architecture conventions; enforcement was not demonstrated.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Reads the first supported repository rule file before every session; architecture/testing text is guidance, not a proved gate.
tembo:PLAN-07: Agents can update external issue records through connected services. cross-checked
tembo:PLAN-07
Agents can update external issue records through connected services.
- This finding concerns external integration records. Native Tembo issue IDs and human/agent lifecycle parity remain unverified.
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Finding: Connected integrations expose issue updates, PRs, documents and other actions through MCP. These are external records, not proof of native issue management.
tembo:COORD-01: Tembo documents sessions consuming worker capacity and self-hosted pools running separate VM sessions. Concurrency load was not observed. cross-checked
tembo:COORD-01
Tembo documents sessions consuming worker capacity and self-hosted pools running separate VM sessions. Concurrency load was not observed.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
- Agent-host pool, scaling and session-restore facts come from the self-hosted Kubernetes agent-host docs; the self-hosted overview says Kubernetes and GCP support are in early access.
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Tembo Classes/pools; Scaling; Sessions
Finding: Self-hosted Kubernetes controller sizes agent-host pools by running/waiting memory and minIdleMemory up to maxHosts. Each session has own VM; same-host saved memory resumes processes, replacement-host disk restore loses processes. Idle host removal is coming, not shipped. Hosts failing registration after 15 minutes are replaced.
tembo:COORD-02: Tembo capacity queues integration bursts and self-hosted hosts claim sessions.
tembo:COORD-02
Tembo capacity queues integration bursts and self-hosted hosts claim sessions.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
- Agent-host pool, scaling and session-restore facts come from the self-hosted Kubernetes agent-host docs; the self-hosted overview says Kubernetes and GCP support are in early access.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
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Tembo Classes/pools; Scaling; Sessions
Finding: Self-hosted Kubernetes controller sizes agent-host pools by running/waiting memory and minIdleMemory up to maxHosts. Each session has own VM; same-host saved memory resumes processes, replacement-host disk restore loses processes. Idle host removal is coming, not shipped. Hosts failing registration after 15 minutes are replaced.
tembo:COORD-04: Scheduled and event-triggered agents run in the background in Tembo sandboxes; capacity and spend constraints are explicit. cross-checked
tembo:COORD-04
Scheduled and event-triggered agents run in the background in Tembo sandboxes; capacity and spend constraints are explicit.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Per-agent harness/model defaults and scheduled/integration/webhook dispatch with an API key are documented. 201 means queued, not completed.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
tembo:COORD-05: Tembo exposes planning/questions, live steering, recovery controls and reset/retry.
tembo:COORD-05
Tembo exposes planning/questions, live steering, recovery controls and reset/retry.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Recent entries describe device screens, skill editor, visibility preferences, user Insights, in-session questions and retained image artifacts.
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Tembo Sep 18 automatic recovery; Sep 11 planning; Sep 4 plan artifacts; Apr 17 diff comments
Finding: Dated shipped notes describe automatic task resume after VM crash/restart, optional manual recovery, composer planning mode (Sep 9), shareable plan artifacts (Aug 27) and inline task diff comments. Other notes expose session forking, live PR checks, agent instruction history and browser notifications (Oct 9). Source assertions were not reproduced.
tembo:COORD-07: Tembo supports planning, session forking and reusable agent instruction revisions.
tembo:COORD-07
Tembo supports planning, session forking and reusable agent instruction revisions.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Sep 18 automatic recovery; Sep 11 planning; Sep 4 plan artifacts; Apr 17 diff comments
Finding: Dated shipped notes describe automatic task resume after VM crash/restart, optional manual recovery, composer planning mode (Sep 9), shareable plan artifacts (Aug 27) and inline task diff comments. Other notes expose session forking, live PR checks, agent instruction history and browser notifications (Oct 9). Source assertions were not reproduced.
tembo:RUN-01: Cloud VMs and licensed/self-hosted machines have distinct responsibility and resource boundaries. Dedicated cloud session VMs execute independently of the laptop used as a browser/phone client; device-attached work still needs its device online.
tembo:RUN-01
Cloud VMs and licensed/self-hosted machines have distinct responsibility and resource boundaries. Dedicated cloud session VMs execute independently of the laptop used as a browser/phone client; device-attached work still needs its device online.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Tembo Classes/pools; Scaling; Sessions
Finding: Self-hosted Kubernetes controller sizes agent-host pools by running/waiting memory and minIdleMemory up to maxHosts. Each session has own VM; same-host saved memory resumes processes, replacement-host disk restore loses processes. Idle host removal is coming, not shipped. Hosts failing registration after 15 minutes are replaced.
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Finding: Connect a laptop, workstation or server so sessions you start can run commands and read or write files on it; commands run on your real machine with your user's permissions.
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Finding: Five sandbox sizes; each session runs in a dedicated Linux VM and no two sessions share a VM.
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Self-hosted overview - Tembo Docs
Finding: Run Tembo inside infrastructure you control from a Tembo-provided NixOS machine image configured with a licence key.
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Tembo independent cloud session workspace
Finding: A session runs in its own server-side sandbox VM and is opened from dashboard, agents or mentions. Browser/phone clients watch and control the cloud workspace and its files, terminal and computer; the originating laptop is not the execution host. Device-attached work separately requires that device online.
tembo:RUN-02: Cloud sessions have dedicated VMs; device commands use host-user permissions. cross-checked
tembo:RUN-02
Cloud sessions have dedicated VMs; device commands use host-user permissions.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Dedicated Linux VM per session; teardown does not remove prepared project caches. Provider retention is separate.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
tembo:RUN-03: Dated release notes report automatic recovery; self-hosted same-host memory and replacement-host disk restores differ.
tembo:RUN-03
Dated release notes report automatic recovery; self-hosted same-host memory and replacement-host disk restores differ.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
- Agent-host pool, scaling and session-restore facts come from the self-hosted Kubernetes agent-host docs; the self-hosted overview says Kubernetes and GCP support are in early access.
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Finding: Dedicated Linux VM per session; teardown does not remove prepared project caches. Provider retention is separate.
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Finding: Projects cache repositories, dependencies and running services in disk/memory environments by size. Daily refresh and build pinning are documented.
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Tembo Classes/pools; Scaling; Sessions
Finding: Self-hosted Kubernetes controller sizes agent-host pools by running/waiting memory and minIdleMemory up to maxHosts. Each session has own VM; same-host saved memory resumes processes, replacement-host disk restore loses processes. Idle host removal is coming, not shipped. Hosts failing registration after 15 minutes are replaced.
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Tembo Sep 18 automatic recovery; Sep 11 planning; Sep 4 plan artifacts; Apr 17 diff comments
Finding: Dated shipped notes describe automatic task resume after VM crash/restart, optional manual recovery, composer planning mode (Sep 9), shareable plan artifacts (Aug 27) and inline task diff comments. Other notes expose session forking, live PR checks, agent instruction history and browser notifications (Oct 9). Source assertions were not reproduced.
tembo:RUN-04: Project environments cache setup, and setupScript reruns only on fresh builds.
tembo:RUN-04
Project environments cache setup, and setupScript reruns only on fresh builds.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Projects cache repositories, dependencies and running services in disk/memory environments by size. Daily refresh and build pinning are documented.
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Tembo Available hooks; When setup runs; Failure handling
Finding: setupScript runs after fresh clone/before agent; restored project environments skip it until rebuilt. Commands run sequentially and failure logs but does not stop session. prePush is accepted/validated but not executed, so cannot gate pushes.
tembo:RUN-05: Session admission respects allowance/overage caps; existing runs can continue and setup hook failures are non-blocking.
tembo:RUN-05
Session admission respects allowance/overage caps; existing runs can continue and setup hook failures are non-blocking.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
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Tembo Available hooks; When setup runs; Failure handling
Finding: setupScript runs after fresh clone/before agent; restored project environments skip it until rebuilt. Commands run sequentially and failure logs but does not stop session. prePush is accepted/validated but not executed, so cannot gate pushes.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
tembo:RUN-06: Public API reports run status, duration and errors; Billing separates usage categories.
tembo:RUN-06
Public API reports run status, duration and errors; Billing separates usage categories.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Recent entries describe device screens, skill editor, visibility preferences, user Insights, in-session questions and retained image artifacts.
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Tembo Public API index; Agent instruction revisions; Artifacts
Finding: Current API index lists agent/session/repository operations, run status/duration/error retrieval and artifact creation. Agent instructions have saved revisions and optimistic concurrency restore; revisions exclude other configuration. API describes queuing, not completed work.
tembo:RUN-07: Tembo publishes model/compute usage accounting with separate Billing categories. cross-checked
tembo:RUN-07
Tembo publishes model/compute usage accounting with separate Billing categories.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
tembo:RUN-08: Self-hosted host controller sizes pools from running/waiting memory and bounded host counts.
tembo:RUN-08
Self-hosted host controller sizes pools from running/waiting memory and bounded host counts.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
- Agent-host pool, scaling and session-restore facts come from the self-hosted Kubernetes agent-host docs; the self-hosted overview says Kubernetes and GCP support are in early access.
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Tembo Classes/pools; Scaling; Sessions
Finding: Self-hosted Kubernetes controller sizes agent-host pools by running/waiting memory and minIdleMemory up to maxHosts. Each session has own VM; same-host saved memory resumes processes, replacement-host disk restore loses processes. Idle host removal is coming, not shipped. Hosts failing registration after 15 minutes are replaced.
tembo:TEAM-01: Workspace visibility can be set per session. cross-checked
tembo:TEAM-01
Workspace visibility can be set per session.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Recent entries describe device screens, skill editor, visibility preferences, user Insights, in-session questions and retained image artifacts.
tembo:TEAM-02: Tembo documents enterprise SSO, admin/reviewer/operator roles and team/repository permissions.
tembo:TEAM-02
Tembo documents enterprise SSO, admin/reviewer/operator roles and team/repository permissions.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
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Finding: Projects cache repositories, dependencies and running services in disk/memory environments by size. Daily refresh and build pinning are documented.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
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Tembo Access controls; Compliance; Data handling
Finding: Vendor states SAML/OIDC, roles for admins/reviewers/operators, per-session audit and configurable retention/SIEM export. It reports SOC 2 Type II and ISO claims with reports under NDA but no issuer/period shown. Cloud repository mirrors persist in Git storage, while self-hosted clone stays inside network. Vendor states no training; cloud deletion requests honored within 30 days.
tembo:TEAM-03: Connected devices are restricted to owner-started human sessions. cross-checked
tembo:TEAM-03
Connected devices are restricted to owner-started human sessions.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
tembo:TEAM-04: Vendor documents centralized audit trails for every agent session, with prompt-to-PR traceability, configurable retention and SIEM export.
tembo:TEAM-04
Vendor documents centralized audit trails for every agent session, with prompt-to-PR traceability, configurable retention and SIEM export.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Access controls; Compliance; Data handling
Finding: Vendor states SAML/OIDC, roles for admins/reviewers/operators, per-session audit and configurable retention/SIEM export. It reports SOC 2 Type II and ISO claims with reports under NDA but no issuer/period shown. Cloud repository mirrors persist in Git storage, while self-hosted clone stays inside network. Vendor states no training; cloud deletion requests honored within 30 days.
tembo:TEAM-05: Tembo documents expandable task diffs and line comments. Usability was not measured. cross-checked
tembo:TEAM-05
Tembo documents expandable task diffs and line comments. Usability was not measured.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Sep 18 automatic recovery; Sep 11 planning; Sep 4 plan artifacts; Apr 17 diff comments
Finding: Dated shipped notes describe automatic task resume after VM crash/restart, optional manual recovery, composer planning mode (Sep 9), shareable plan artifacts (Aug 27) and inline task diff comments. Other notes expose session forking, live PR checks, agent instruction history and browser notifications (Oct 9). Source assertions were not reproduced.
tembo:SHIP-01: Tembo supports file artifacts created for sessions, preview service artifacts and PR-linked diffs.
tembo:SHIP-01
Tembo supports file artifacts created for sessions, preview service artifacts and PR-linked diffs.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Normally opens linked PRs per repository; dashboard sessions show Changes and wait for explicit Open PR. Signed GitHub commits and PR templates are documented.
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Finding: Recent entries describe device screens, skill editor, visibility preferences, user Insights, in-session questions and retained image artifacts.
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Tembo MCP; Sessions/artifacts; CLI commands
Finding: Sandbox tools can list/discover/call MCP tools and create HTML/Markdown/CSV/JSON/uploaded artifacts. Sandbox CLI includes verified commit/push, preview service artifact, final response and VM keepalive. This is distinct from personal-device pairing CLI.
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Tembo Public API index; Agent instruction revisions; Artifacts
Finding: Current API index lists agent/session/repository operations, run status/duration/error retrieval and artifact creation. Agent instructions have saved revisions and optimistic concurrency restore; revisions exclude other configuration. API describes queuing, not completed work.
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Tembo Access controls; Compliance; Data handling
Finding: Vendor states SAML/OIDC, roles for admins/reviewers/operators, per-session audit and configurable retention/SIEM export. It reports SOC 2 Type II and ISO claims with reports under NDA but no issuer/period shown. Cloud repository mirrors persist in Git storage, while self-hosted clone stays inside network. Vendor states no training; cloud deletion requests honored within 30 days.
tembo:SHIP-02: Setup hooks are not delivery gates; prePush is explicitly not executed. cross-checked
tembo:SHIP-02
Setup hooks are not delivery gates; prePush is explicitly not executed.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Normally opens linked PRs per repository; dashboard sessions show Changes and wait for explicit Open PR. Signed GitHub commits and PR templates are documented.
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Tembo Available hooks; When setup runs; Failure handling
Finding: setupScript runs after fresh clone/before agent; restored project environments skip it until rebuilt. Commands run sequentially and failure logs but does not stop session. prePush is accepted/validated but not executed, so cannot gate pushes.
tembo:SHIP-03: PR actions support multiple repositories and Git providers. cross-checked
tembo:SHIP-03
PR actions support multiple repositories and Git providers.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Normally opens linked PRs per repository; dashboard sessions show Changes and wait for explicit Open PR. Signed GitHub commits and PR templates are documented.
tembo:SHIP-04: Documentation leaves review and merge to the user. cross-checked
tembo:SHIP-04
Documentation leaves review and merge to the user.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Normally opens linked PRs per repository; dashboard sessions show Changes and wait for explicit Open PR. Signed GitHub commits and PR templates are documented.
tembo:SHIP-05: PRs retain links to the starting issue, error or session. cross-checked
tembo:SHIP-05
PRs retain links to the starting issue, error or session.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Normally opens linked PRs per repository; dashboard sessions show Changes and wait for explicit Open PR. Signed GitHub commits and PR templates are documented.
tembo:OWN-01: Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
tembo:OWN-01
Tembo is offered under vendor-authored service/license terms. Tembo retains its software IP and grants a limited service-use right; self-hosted images require a license key.
- This source pass establishes only the named atomic answers. Other parts retain their documented source gaps; no hands-on test was performed.
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Self-hosted overview - Tembo Docs
Finding: Run Tembo inside infrastructure you control from a Tembo-provided NixOS machine image configured with a licence key.
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Tembo main-service license terms
Finding: The service is offered on subscriptions/Order Forms. Tembo retains rights in its software, algorithms and documentation and grants the customer a limited right to use the service. Self-hosted deployment uses a licensed Tembo-provided image, rather than a standard open-source grant.
tembo:OWN-02: The licensed self-hosted platform remains dependent on vendor release licensing. cross-checked
tembo:OWN-02
The licensed self-hosted platform remains dependent on vendor release licensing.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Licensed NixOS image includes web/API/workers/cron/database stack. Operator manages networking/secrets/backups; Kubernetes/GCP early access.
tembo:OWN-03: Session sandbox cleanup differs from Cloud Git mirrors, audit retention and provider inference. cross-checked
tembo:OWN-03
Session sandbox cleanup differs from Cloud Git mirrors, audit retention and provider inference.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Dedicated Linux VM per session; teardown does not remove prepared project caches. Provider retention is separate.
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Tembo Access controls; Compliance; Data handling
Finding: Vendor states SAML/OIDC, roles for admins/reviewers/operators, per-session audit and configurable retention/SIEM export. It reports SOC 2 Type II and ISO claims with reports under NDA but no issuer/period shown. Cloud repository mirrors persist in Git storage, while self-hosted clone stays inside network. Vendor states no training; cloud deletion requests honored within 30 days.
tembo:OWN-04: Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages. cross-checked
tembo:OWN-04
Current plans pool gateway/compute usage with optional capped overages.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
tembo:OWN-06: Desktop and Devices have explicit release/access restrictions. cross-checked
tembo:OWN-06
Desktop and Devices have explicit release/access restrictions.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
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Finding: Mac desktop 0.0.13 and Linux/Windows beta downloads link alongside the web client.
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Finding: Gradual Devices rollout connects a user machine. Only human-started sessions of its owner use it; commands run with user permissions.
tembo:OWN-07: Vendor reports SOC 2 Type II and ISO certifications; report scope, issuer and audit period remain unverified. cross-checked
tembo:OWN-07
Vendor reports SOC 2 Type II and ISO certifications; report scope, issuer and audit period remain unverified.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Tembo Access controls; Compliance; Data handling
Finding: Vendor states SAML/OIDC, roles for admins/reviewers/operators, per-session audit and configurable retention/SIEM export. It reports SOC 2 Type II and ISO claims with reports under NDA but no issuer/period shown. Cloud repository mirrors persist in Git storage, while self-hosted clone stays inside network. Vendor states no training; cloud deletion requests honored within 30 days.
tembo:OWN-08: A seven-day trial is followed by paid continuation when time or allowance expires. cross-checked
tembo:OWN-08
A seven-day trial is followed by paid continuation when time or allowance expires.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.
tembo:OWN-09: Compute/model units, overage admission and custom Enterprise pricing are documented.
tembo:OWN-09
Compute/model units, overage admission and custom Enterprise pricing are documented.
- The remaining atomic questions and the rubric scenario are unverified. Documentation is not a successful product test.
- Only the named atomic facts are established by documentation. Remaining rubric scenarios and unknown answers were not demonstrated.
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Finding: Current page offers seven-day Max trial, Pro $60 with $90 monthly usage and Max $200 with $400; compute is separately metered against allowances.
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Tembo Allowance; Overages; Bursts; Monitoring
Finding: Trial stops at expiry/exhaustion; upgrade needed to continue. Pro/Max optional overage caps block new sessions after balance/cap, while started sessions may finish. Bursts queue to worker capacity without enqueue cap. Billing shows gateway/compute separately and seconds of actual VM time; BYOK/subscription inference costs zero through Tembo, compute still applies.