AgentBay vs DigitalOcean MicroVMs

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

AgentBay

Cloud sandboxes for browser, desktop, mobile and code.

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

Visit site AgentBay profile

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Lightweight virtual machines that run a container image in their own kernel and pause when idle.

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

Visit site DigitalOcean MicroVMs profile

What is different

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

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AgentBay

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

vCPU, per hour: AgentBay: $0.027; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour: AgentBay: $0.0113; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage: AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Isolation: AgentBay: Container; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

AgentBayalibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructionsalibabacloud.com

DigitalOcean MicroVMsdocs.digitalocean.com/products/microvms/details/pricingdocs.digitalocean.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AgentBay: $0.027; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour: AgentBay: $0.0113; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage: AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Free tier: AgentBay: Free Basic plan; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from: AgentBay: Pay as you go; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing: AgentBay: Per second; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session: AgentBay: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Idle stop: AgentBay: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: AgentBay: Up to 200; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Integrations: AgentBay: MCP; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Trust

License: AgentBay: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC: AgentBay: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AgentBay

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AgentBay: $0.050; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AgentBay: $0.099; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AgentBay: $0.198; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

You use MCP.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.099 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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