AgentBay vs InstaVM

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

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AgentBay

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
Not listed

InstaVM

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

AgentBay
InstaVM
vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
InstaVM: $100 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
InstaVM: Up to 100
Isolation
AgentBay: Container
InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session
AgentBay: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop
AgentBay: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
AgentBay: Container
InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
GPU
AgentBay: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Snapshots
AgentBay: Not listed
InstaVM:
Pause and resume
AgentBay: Not listed
InstaVM:

Developer

SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License
AgentBay: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC
AgentBay: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AgentBay
InstaVM
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AgentBay: $0.050
InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AgentBay: $0.099
InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AgentBay: $0.198
InstaVM: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.099 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

InstaVM fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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