AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Isorun

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Isorun costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Isorun runs microVMs.

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Isorun

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Isorun
vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Isorun: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Isorun: $0.015
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Isorun: MicroVM
SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Isorun: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Isorun: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Isorun: $0.015
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Free tier
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Isorun: $50 credit
Paid plan from
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Isorun: Pay as you go
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
Isorun: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Isorun: MicroVM
GPU
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Isorun: Not listed
Snapshots
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Isorun:
Pause and resume
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Isorun:

Developer

SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Isorun: TypeScript
Integrations
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Isorun: Not listed
BYOC
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Isorun: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Isorun
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
Isorun: $0.055
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
Isorun: $0.110
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
Isorun: $0.220

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Isorun fits when

  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.110 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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