DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Everstack

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs.

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Everstack

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Everstack
vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
Everstack: $0.0666
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Everstack: Included
Storage
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Everstack: Free
Billing
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
Everstack: $0.0666
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Everstack: Included
Storage
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Everstack: Free
Free tier
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Everstack: $20 / month
Billing
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
Everstack: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Everstack: Not listed
Idle stop
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Everstack: Not listed
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Everstack: Up to 50

Platform

Isolation
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Everstack: Not listed
GPU
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Everstack: Not listed
Snapshots
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:
Everstack:
Pause and resume
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:
Everstack:

Developer

SDKs
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Everstack: Not listed

Trust

License
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Everstack: Apache-2.0
BYOC
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Everstack: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Everstack
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
Everstack: $0.067
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
Everstack: $0.133
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156
Everstack: $0.266

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.133 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.

Everstack fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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