Cloudflare Sandbox vs InstaVM

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

InstaVM

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

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
InstaVM
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
InstaVM: Per second
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
InstaVM
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
InstaVM: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

InstaVM fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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