DigitalOcean Harness Runtime vs InstaVM

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

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

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InstaVM

Hardware-isolated microVMs for AI agent code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site InstaVM profile

What is different

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

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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

InstaVM

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095; InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month; InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go; InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only; InstaVM: Per second
SDKs: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

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

InstaVMinstavm.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095; InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month; InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go; InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only; InstaVM: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
GPU: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Snapshots: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:; InstaVM:
Pause and resume: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:; InstaVM:

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

InstaVM

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063; InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126; InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252; InstaVM: $0.331

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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 the lower list price: $0.126 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

InstaVM fits when

You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

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