Bunny Sandbox vs DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Bunny Sandbox costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. Bunny Sandbox runs gVisor and has no session limit. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Bunny Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Bunny Sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
vCPU, per hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.02
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.005
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage
Bunny Sandbox: $0.10 per GB per month on the allocated 10 GB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Billing
Bunny Sandbox: Active CPU time only
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
Isolation
Bunny Sandbox: gVisor
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.02
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.005
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage
Bunny Sandbox: $0.10 per GB per month on the allocated 10 GB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Free tier
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from
Bunny Sandbox: Pay as you go
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing
Bunny Sandbox: Active CPU time only
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session
Bunny Sandbox: No limit
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Idle stop
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Bunny Sandbox: gVisor
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Snapshots
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:
Pause and resume
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:

Developer

SDKs
Bunny Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Integrations
Bunny Sandbox: Claude Code
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Trust

License
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Bunny Sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Bunny Sandbox: $0.030
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Bunny Sandbox: $0.060
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Bunny Sandbox: $0.120
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Bunny Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.078 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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