AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs EQVPS Sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.
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AWS Lambda MicroVMs
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Max session
- 8 hours
EQVPS Sandboxes
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $1 sandbox credit, one time
- Max session
- 720 hours
What is different
6 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
AWS Lambda MicroVMs
EQVPS Sandboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
- Storage
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot write $0.0038 per GB. Snapshot read $0.00155 per GB.
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
- Max session
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
- Largest sandbox
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
- SDKs
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws
EQVPS Sandboxeseqvps
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
- Storage
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot write $0.0038 per GB. Snapshot read $0.00155 per GB.
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
- Free tier
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
- Paid plan from
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
- Idle stop
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
- Largest sandbox
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Platform
- Isolation
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Snapshots
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Pause and resume
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
- EQVPS Sandboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Integrations
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Trust
- License
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs
EQVPS Sandboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when
- You need snapshots.
EQVPS Sandboxes fits when
- A session must run longer than 8 hours.
- You use MCP or Claude Code.
- You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.
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