Containarium Cloud vs InstaVM

Containarium Cloud costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Containarium Cloud runs containers. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Containarium Cloud

Hosted Linux boxes for AI agents, reached over SSH.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Free tier
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Containarium Cloud profile

InstaVM

Hardware-isolated microVMs for AI agent code.

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

Visit site InstaVM profile

What is different

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

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Containarium Cloud

InstaVM

vCPU, per hour: Containarium Cloud: $0.02; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Containarium Cloud: Included; InstaVM: $0.0162
Free tier: Containarium Cloud: Free tier; InstaVM: $50 credit
Billing: Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time; InstaVM: Per second
Isolation: Containarium Cloud: Container; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Containarium Cloudcontainarium.dev/llms.txtcontainarium.dev

InstaVMinstavm.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Containarium Cloud: $0.02; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Containarium Cloud: Included; InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: Containarium Cloud: Free tier; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing: Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time; InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Containarium Cloud: Container; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Snapshots: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; InstaVM:
Pause and resume: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; InstaVM:

Developer

SDKs: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Containarium Cloud: MCP; InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License: Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0; InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Containarium Cloud

InstaVM

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Containarium Cloud: $0.020; InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Containarium Cloud: $0.040; InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Containarium Cloud: $0.080; InstaVM: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Containarium Cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.040 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need ISO 27001.

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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