AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Prized Sandboxes

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 22, 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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Prized Sandboxes

Linux microVMs in beta that your code creates, runs commands in, pauses, forks and deletes.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $30 credit, one time
Max session: 24 hours

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What is different

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Prized Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
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.; Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Prized Sandboxesprized.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
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.; Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second; Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: No
Snapshots: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; Prized Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Prized Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126; Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252; Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504; Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when

You need snapshots.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You want the lower list price: $0.130 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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