AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Maritime

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

Updated Oct 14, 2026

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Serverless microVMs on AWS that suspend when idle.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 8 hours

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Maritime

Hosting for persistent AI agents, each in its own micro-VM.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 3 agents, forever
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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

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Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.; Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Maritime: 1 vCPU · 8 GiB
SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; Maritime: TypeScript, Python

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AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws.amazon.com/lambda/pricingaws.amazon.com

Maritimemaritime.sh/pricingmaritime.sh

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; Maritime: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; Maritime: Not listed
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.; Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated
Free tier: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: 3 agents, forever
Paid plan from: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: $20 / month
Billing: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second; Maritime: Not listed

Limits

Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; Maritime: Not listed
Idle stop: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Maritime: 1 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: Up to 500

Platform

Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Maritime: Firecracker microVM
GPU: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed
Snapshots: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; Maritime: Not listed
Pause and resume: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; Maritime:

Developer

SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; Maritime: TypeScript, Python
Integrations: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed

Trust

License: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed
BYOC: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Maritime

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126; Maritime: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252; Maritime: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504; Maritime: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when

You need snapshots.
You need a sandbox larger than 1 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Maritime fits when

You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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