AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox costs $0.0351 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours.

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0351
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0081
Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Container
SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Python, Go, Java

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0351
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0081
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Container
GPU
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Python, Go, Java
Integrations
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.051
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.103
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.205

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.103 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.

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