DigitalOcean Harness Runtime vs inis.run

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
inis.run
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
inis.run: Included
Storage
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Billing
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100
inis.run: Up to 10
Isolation
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
inis.run: Full VM
SDKs
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
inis.run: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
inis.run: Included
Storage
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
inis.run: No
Snapshots
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
inis.run:
Pause and resume
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252
inis.run: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

inis.run fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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