DigitalOcean Harness Runtime vs Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour and Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agents and their code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site DigitalOcean Harness Runtime profile

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolated cloud VMs that run commands for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Hyperbrowser Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

DigitalOcean Harness Runtimedigitalocean.com/pricing/harness-runtimedigitalocean.com

Hyperbrowser Sandboxeshyperbrowser.ai/pricinghyperbrowser.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252; Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.126 against $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You need SOC 2.

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