Declaw vs DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Declaw costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. Declaw runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Declaw

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
72 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.

Declaw
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Free tier
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from
Declaw: Pay as you go
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing
Declaw: Per second
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session
Declaw: 72 hours
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Idle stop
Declaw: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Declaw: Up to 500
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Declaw: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Snapshots
Declaw:
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:
Pause and resume
Declaw:
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:

Developer

SDKs
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Integrations
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Trust

License
Declaw: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC
Declaw: Bring Your Own Cloud. Deploy in your VPC.
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Declaw
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Declaw: $0.083
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Declaw: $0.166
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Declaw: $0.331
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Declaw fits when

  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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