DigitalOcean Harness Runtime vs Lizard Sandboxes

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour and Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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

Lizard Sandboxes

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session: No limit

Visit site Lizard Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Lizard Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095; Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month; Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go; Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only; Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
SDKs: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python; Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Lizard Sandboxeslizard.build/pricinglizard.build

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095; Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month; Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go; Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only; Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes; Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100; Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python; Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Integrations: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Claude Code; Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Lizard Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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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.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.126 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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