AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Superserve

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Superserve
vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Superserve: No limit
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Paid plan from
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
Superserve: Per second

Limits

Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Superserve: No limit
Idle stop
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
BYOC
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve:

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Superserve
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
Superserve: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
Superserve: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
Superserve: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when

  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 2 GiB.

Superserve fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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