Bunny Sandbox vs InstaVM

Bunny Sandbox costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Bunny Sandbox runs gVisor. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Bunny Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

InstaVM

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

What is different

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

Bunny Sandbox
InstaVM
vCPU, per hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.02
InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.005
InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage
Bunny Sandbox: $0.10 per GB per month on the allocated 10 GB
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Billing
Bunny Sandbox: Active CPU time only
InstaVM: Per second
Isolation
Bunny Sandbox: gVisor
InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Bunny Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.02
InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.005
InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage
Bunny Sandbox: $0.10 per GB per month on the allocated 10 GB
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing
Bunny Sandbox: Active CPU time only
InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Bunny Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Bunny Sandbox
InstaVM
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Bunny Sandbox: $0.030
InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Bunny Sandbox: $0.060
InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Bunny Sandbox: $0.120
InstaVM: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Bunny Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

InstaVM fits when

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

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