Deno Sandbox vs DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Deno Sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Integrations
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.

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