Containarium Cloud vs Unikraft Cloud

Containarium Cloud costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Containarium Cloud runs containers. Unikraft Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Containarium Cloud

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free tier
Max session
Not listed

Unikraft Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Hobby plan, free forever
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Containarium Cloud
Unikraft Cloud
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Isolation
Containarium Cloud: Container
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Storage
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Containarium Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Containarium Cloud
Unikraft Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.020
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.040
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.080
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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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 or Claude Code.
  • You need ISO 27001.

Unikraft Cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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