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AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes 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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteHyperbrowser Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws.amazon.com
Hyperbrowser Sandboxeshyperbrowser.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300

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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 pause and resume.

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

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