Agent Sandbox vs AWS Lambda MicroVMs

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

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Agent Sandbox

Hosted API that runs Python and shell code for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Agent Sandbox profile

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

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

Field

Agent Sandbox

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Storage: Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Isolation: Agent Sandbox: Container; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Agent Sandbox: Python; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Agent Sandboxagentsandbox.co

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

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
RAM, per GiB-hour: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Storage: Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Free tier: Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from: Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing: Agent Sandbox: Per second; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Idle stop: Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Agent Sandbox: Python; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed

Trust

License: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Agent Sandbox

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

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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