DigitalOcean Harness Runtime vs RemoteHost

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
RemoteHost
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
RemoteHost: Free
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
SDKs
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
RemoteHost: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
RemoteHost: MCP

Trust

License
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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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.

RemoteHost fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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