AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs StateSet Sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.
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AWS Lambda MicroVMs
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Max session
- 8 hours
StateSet Sandbox
- Isolation
- gVisor
- Free tier
- $25 trial credit, no card
- Max session
- 24 hours
What is different
5 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
AWS Lambda MicroVMs
StateSet Sandbox
- vCPU, per hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
- Max session
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
- StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
- Isolation
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
- StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
- SDKs
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
- StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws
StateSet Sandboxsandbox
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
- 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.
- StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
- Free tier
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
- Paid plan from
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
- Billing
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
- StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
- StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
- Idle stop
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Platform
- Isolation
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
- StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
- GPU
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
- Snapshots
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
- StateSet Sandbox:
- Pause and resume
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
- StateSet Sandbox:
Developer
- SDKs
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
- StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Integrations
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP
Trust
- License
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
- BYOC
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs
StateSet Sandbox
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.028
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.
StateSet Sandbox fits when
- A session must run longer than 8 hours.
- You use Claude Code or MCP.
- You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
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