AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs RemoteHost
AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.
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AWS Lambda MicroVMs
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Max session
- 8 hours
RemoteHost
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- 7-day free trial
- Max session
- 72 hours
What is different
6 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
AWS Lambda MicroVMs
RemoteHost
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
- RemoteHost: Included
- Storage
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
- RemoteHost: Free
- Billing
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
- RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
- Max session
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
- RemoteHost: 72 hours
- Largest sandbox
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
- SDKs
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
- RemoteHost: TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws
RemoteHostremotehost
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
- RemoteHost: Not listed
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
- RemoteHost: Included
- Storage
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
- RemoteHost: Free
- Free tier
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
- Paid plan from
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- RemoteHost: $20 / month
- Billing
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
- RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Limits
- Max session
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
- RemoteHost: 72 hours
- Idle stop
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- RemoteHost: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Platform
- Isolation
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
- RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- RemoteHost: Not listed
- Snapshots
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
- RemoteHost:
- Pause and resume
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
- RemoteHost:
Developer
- SDKs
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
- RemoteHost: TypeScript
- Integrations
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- RemoteHost: MCP
Trust
- License
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- RemoteHost: Not listed
- BYOC
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs
RemoteHost
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
- RemoteHost: Not listed
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
- RemoteHost: Not listed
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
- RemoteHost: Not listed
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
RemoteHost fits when
- A session must run longer than 8 hours.
- You use MCP.
- You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
- You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.
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