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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime vs EQVPS Sandboxes

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour and EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 credit for new DigitalOcean customers
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteDigitalOcean Harness Runtime profile

EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours
Visit siteEQVPS Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
EQVPS Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $5 credit for new DigitalOcean customers
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Billing
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Idle stop
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
SDKs
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Claude Code, MCP
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

DigitalOcean Harness Runtimedigitalocean.com
EQVPS Sandboxeseqvps.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $5 credit for new DigitalOcean customers
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
EQVPS Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Claude Code, MCP
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.126 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5 against $1.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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