DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs MIOSA

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and MIOSA costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. MIOSA runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

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MIOSA

Cloud sandboxes and persistent computers that AI agents use to build and run software.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $10 credit, one time
Max session: 24 hours

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What is different

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

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

MIOSA

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; MIOSA: $0.01458
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Idle stop: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes; MIOSA: After 30 minutes

Full comparison

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

MIOSAmiosa.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; MIOSA: $0.01458
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Free tier: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: $500 / month
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; MIOSA: Per second

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: 24 hours
Idle stop: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes; MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: Up to 250

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: MCP

Trust

License: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; MIOSA: Your own AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

MIOSA

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039; MIOSA: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078; MIOSA: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156; MIOSA: $0.298

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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 $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

MIOSA fits when

You use MCP.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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