Agent Sandbox vs InstaVM
InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.
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Agent Sandbox
- Isolation
- Container
- Free tier
- $10 credit with a Google sign-in
- Max session
- Not listed
InstaVM
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $50 credit
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
5 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
Agent Sandbox
InstaVM
- Storage
- Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Free tier
- Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Paid plan from
- Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Isolation
- Agent Sandbox: Container
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- SDKs
- Agent Sandbox: Python
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
Agent Sandboxagentsandbox
InstaVMinstavm
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Storage
- Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Free tier
- Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Paid plan from
- Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Billing
- Agent Sandbox: Per second
- InstaVM: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Idle stop
- Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM: Up to 100
Platform
- Isolation
- Agent Sandbox: Container
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Snapshots
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM:
- Pause and resume
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM:
Developer
- SDKs
- Agent Sandbox: Python
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
Trust
- License
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- BYOC
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Agent Sandbox
InstaVM
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM: $0.083
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM: $0.166
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Agent Sandbox: Not listed
- InstaVM: $0.331
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
Agent Sandbox fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
InstaVM fits when
- You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
- You want the larger free credit: $50 against $10.
- You need snapshots.
- You need pause and resume.
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