AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Qiniu Cloud Sandbox limits a session to 1 hour.

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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Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Sandbox service with an E2B-compatible API that runs AI agent code in isolated cloud environments.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 1 hour

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What is different

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

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

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.; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Free
Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 1 hour
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Qiniu Cloud Sandboxdeveloper.qiniu.com/las/13281/sandbox-overviewdeveloper.qiniu.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
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.; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Free
Free tier: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 1 hour
Idle stop: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
GPU: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Go
Integrations: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when

A session must run longer than 1 hour.
You need snapshots.

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox fits when

You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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