DigitalOcean Harness Runtime vs tama

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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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tama

Linux VMs with GPUs, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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

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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

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vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095; tama: $0.0055
Storage: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Billing: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only; tama: Per second
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM; tama: Full VM
SDKs: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python; tama: Python, TypeScript

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095; tama: $0.0055
Storage: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go; tama: Not listed
Billing: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only; tama: Per second

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Idle stop: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes; tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100; tama: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252; tama: $0.091

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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.

tama fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.126 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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