DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs LangSmith Sandboxes

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

DigitalOcean MicroVMs
LangSmith Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Idle stop
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Trust

License
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

DigitalOcean MicroVMs
LangSmith Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378

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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 $0.189 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You use LangChain.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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