AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Daytona

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Serverless microVMs on AWS that suspend when idle.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 8 hours

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Daytona

Stateful sandboxes that boot from OCI-compliant images.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $200 credit
Max session: No limit

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What is different

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

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Daytona

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; Daytona: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; Daytona: $0.0162
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.; Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; Daytona: No limit
Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Daytona: Container
SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Daytonadaytona.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; Daytona: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; Daytona: $0.0162
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.; Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Daytona: $200 credit
Paid plan from: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Daytona: Pay as you go
Billing: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second; Daytona: Per second

Limits

Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; Daytona: No limit
Idle stop: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Daytona: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Daytona: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP

Trust

License: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Daytona: Not listed
BYOC: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Daytona: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Daytona

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126; Daytona: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252; Daytona: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504; Daytona: $0.331

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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.

Daytona fits when

You need GPUs.
A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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