BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox vs DigitalOcean MicroVMs

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox costs $0.0351 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox runs microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs.

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BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

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.

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
vCPU, per hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0351
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0081
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Largest sandbox
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: MicroVM
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0351
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0081
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Free tier
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Per second
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 24 hours
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Idle stop
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: MicroVM
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
GPU
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Snapshots
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:
Pause and resume
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:

Developer

SDKs
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Python, Go, Java
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Integrations
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: MCP
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Trust

License
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.051
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.103
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.205
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.103 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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