AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Namespace Devboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs.
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AWS Lambda MicroVMs
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Max session
- 8 hours
Namespace Devboxes
- Isolation
- Full VM
- Free tier
- 30-day free trial
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
7 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Namespace Devboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
- Namespace Devboxes: Included
- Storage
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
- Billing
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
- Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
- Largest sandbox
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Isolation
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
- Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
- SDKs
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
- Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws
Namespace Devboxesnamespace
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
- Namespace Devboxes: Included
- Storage
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
- Free tier
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
- Paid plan from
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
- Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Limits
- Max session
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
- Idle stop
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
- Largest sandbox
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
- Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
- GPU
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
- Snapshots
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
- Pause and resume
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
- Namespace Devboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
- Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
- Integrations
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Trust
- License
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Namespace Devboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
- Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when
- You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
- You need snapshots.
Namespace Devboxes fits when
- You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
- You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need a desktop in the sandbox.
- You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.
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