AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Novita Sandbox

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Novita Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Novita Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Novita Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
Novita Sandbox: $0.233

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 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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