AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs.

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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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agents and their code.

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

Visit site DigitalOcean Harness Runtime profile

What is different

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

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Billing: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

DigitalOcean Harness Runtimedigitalocean.com/pricing/harness-runtimedigitalocean.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Free tier: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Paid plan from: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Idle stop: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
GPU: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Snapshots: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
Pause and resume: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:

Developer

SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
Integrations: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed

Trust

License: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
BYOC: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.126 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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