Celesto Cloud vs DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Celesto Cloud

Cloud computers for AI agents, each in a microVM.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Max session: Not listed

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Lightweight virtual machines that run a container image in their own kernel and pause when idle.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site DigitalOcean MicroVMs profile

What is different

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

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Celesto Cloud

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

vCPU, per hour: Celesto Cloud: $0.015; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour: Celesto Cloud: Included; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage: Celesto Cloud: Free; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Billing: Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
Largest sandbox: Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation: Celesto Cloud: MicroVM; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Celesto Cloudcelesto.ai/pricing

DigitalOcean MicroVMsdocs.digitalocean.com/products/microvms/details/pricingdocs.digitalocean.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Celesto Cloud: $0.015; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour: Celesto Cloud: Included; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage: Celesto Cloud: Free; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Free tier: Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from: Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing: Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session: Celesto Cloud: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Idle stop: Celesto Cloud: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Celesto Cloud: Up to 10; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Celesto Cloud: MicroVM; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Celesto Cloud: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Snapshots: Celesto Cloud:; DigitalOcean MicroVMs:
Pause and resume: Celesto Cloud:; DigitalOcean MicroVMs:

Developer

SDKs: Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Integrations: Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Trust

License: Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC: Celesto Cloud: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Celesto Cloud

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Celesto Cloud: $0.015; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Celesto Cloud: $0.030; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Celesto Cloud: $0.060; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
You use MCP, the OpenAI Agents SDK or Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.078 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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