Beam Sandboxes vs InstaVM

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Beam Sandboxes

Cloud sandboxes for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Beam Sandboxes profile

InstaVM

Hardware-isolated microVMs for AI agent code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site InstaVM profile

What is different

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

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Beam Sandboxes

InstaVM

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; InstaVM: $0.0162
Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM

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Beam Sandboxesbeam.cloud/pricing

InstaVMinstavm.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing: Beam Sandboxes: Per second; InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session: Beam Sandboxes: No limit; InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Beam Sandboxes:; InstaVM: Not listed
Snapshots: Beam Sandboxes:; InstaVM:
Pause and resume: Beam Sandboxes:; InstaVM:

Developer

SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC: Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account; InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Beam Sandboxes

InstaVM

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.114; InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.227; InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.454; InstaVM: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Beam Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

InstaVM fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.227 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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