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AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs exe.dev

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. exe.dev runs full VMs.

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours
Visit siteAWS Lambda MicroVMs profile

exe.dev

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteexe.dev profile

What is different

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

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
exe.dev
vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
exe.dev: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
exe.dev: Included
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
exe.dev: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws.amazon.com
exe.devexe.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
exe.dev: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
exe.dev: Included
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Free tier
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Paid plan from
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
exe.dev: $15 / month
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
exe.dev: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
exe.dev: Not listed
Idle stop
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
exe.dev: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
exe.dev: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
exe.dev: Full VM
GPU
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
exe.dev: Not listed
Snapshots
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
exe.dev: Not listed
Pause and resume
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
exe.dev: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
exe.dev: Not listed
Integrations
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
exe.dev: Not listed

Trust

License
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
exe.dev: Not listed
BYOC
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
exe.dev: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
exe.dev
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
exe.dev: $0.053
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
exe.dev: $0.105
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
exe.dev: $0.210

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.

exe.dev fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.105 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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