DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Koyeb Sandboxes

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Lightweight virtual machines that run a container image in their own kernel and pause when idle.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site DigitalOcean MicroVMs profile

Koyeb Sandboxes

Sandboxes for AI agents, run as Koyeb Instances.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Koyeb Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Koyeb Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

DigitalOcean MicroVMsdocs.digitalocean.com/products/microvms/details/pricingdocs.digitalocean.com

Koyeb Sandboxeskoyeb.com/docs/reference/instanceskoyeb.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes:
Snapshots: DigitalOcean MicroVMs:; Koyeb Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: DigitalOcean MicroVMs:; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Koyeb Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You need pause and resume.

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want the lower list price: $0.029 against $0.078 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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