DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Krova Cloud

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 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

Krova Cloud

Firecracker microVMs with root access, billed by the minute.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $5 credit, one time
Max session: No limit

Visit site Krova Cloud profile

What is different

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Krova Cloud

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Krova Cloud: $0.001
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Krova Cloudkrova.cloud/pricing/cubekrova.cloud

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Krova Cloud: $0.001
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Free tier: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Krova Cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Krova Cloud: No limit
Idle stop: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes; Krova Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Krova Cloud: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
GPU: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Krova Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots: DigitalOcean MicroVMs:; Krova Cloud:
Pause and resume: DigitalOcean MicroVMs:; Krova Cloud:

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Krova Cloud: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Krova Cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Krova Cloud

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039; Krova Cloud: $0.006
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078; Krova Cloud: $0.012
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156; Krova Cloud: $0.024

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

Krova Cloud fits when

You use MCP or Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.012 against $0.078 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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