DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Maritime

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Maritime runs Firecracker microVMs.

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

Maritime

Hosting for persistent AI agents and Linux desktops, each in its own micro-VM.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 3 agents, forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Maritime profile

What is different

1 field differs. The rest are the same or not listed.

Field

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Maritime

Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Maritimemaritime.sh/pricingmaritime.sh

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Maritime: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Maritime: Not listed
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated
Free tier: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: 3 agents, forever
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: $20 / month
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Maritime: Not listed

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed
Idle stop: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes; Maritime: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Maritime: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: Up to 500

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: TypeScript, Python
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Maritime

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039; Maritime: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078; Maritime: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156; Maritime: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You need snapshots.

Maritime fits when

You use MCP, Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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