AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs LangSmith Sandboxes

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
LangSmith Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Paid plan from
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
LangSmith Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
LangSmith Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Trust

License
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
LangSmith Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You use LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.189 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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