AgentBay vs AWS Lambda MicroVMs

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

AgentBay

Cloud sandboxes for browser, desktop, mobile and code.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Free Basic plan
Max session: Not listed

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Serverless microVMs on AWS that suspend when idle.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 8 hours

Visit site AWS Lambda MicroVMs profile

What is different

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

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AgentBay

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

vCPU, per hour: AgentBay: $0.027; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
RAM, per GiB-hour: AgentBay: $0.0113; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Storage: AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Largest sandbox: AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation: AgentBay: Container; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws.amazon.com/lambda/pricingaws.amazon.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AgentBay: $0.027; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
RAM, per GiB-hour: AgentBay: $0.0113; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Storage: AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Free tier: AgentBay: Free Basic plan; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from: AgentBay: Pay as you go; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing: AgentBay: Per second; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session: AgentBay: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Idle stop: AgentBay: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Largest sandbox: AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: AgentBay: Up to 200; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: AgentBay: Container; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
GPU: AgentBay: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Snapshots: AgentBay: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Pause and resume: AgentBay: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs:

Developer

SDKs: AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: AgentBay: MCP; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed

Trust

License: AgentBay: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC: AgentBay: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AgentBay

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AgentBay: $0.050; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AgentBay: $0.099; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AgentBay: $0.198; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.099 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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