DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Isolation
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need SOC 2.

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