AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs MIOSA

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and MIOSA costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. MIOSA runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 15, 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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MIOSA

Cloud sandboxes and persistent computers that AI agents use to build and run software.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $10 credit, one time
Max session: 24 hours

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What is different

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

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

MIOSA

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; MIOSA: $0.01458
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot write $0.0038 per GB. Snapshot read $0.00155 per GB.; MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; MIOSA: 24 hours
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

MIOSAmiosa.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; MIOSA: $0.01458
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot write $0.0038 per GB. Snapshot read $0.00155 per GB.; MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Free tier: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Paid plan from: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: $500 / month
Billing: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second; MIOSA: Per second

Limits

Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; MIOSA: 24 hours
Idle stop: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: Up to 250

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: MCP

Trust

License: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: Not listed
BYOC: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: Your own AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

MIOSA

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126; MIOSA: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252; MIOSA: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504; MIOSA: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

MIOSA fits when

A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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