AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Together Sandbox

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
Together Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
Together Sandbox: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 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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