DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Morph

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and Morph costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Morph runs full VMs.

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

Morph

Snapshot, branch and restore whole machines.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Morph profile

What is different

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

Field

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Morph

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Morph: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Morph: Included
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Morph: Bundled machine time
Isolation: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Morph: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Morphcloud.morph.so/web/subscribecloud.morph.so

Pricing

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

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Morph: Not listed
Idle stop: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes; Morph: Not listed
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Morph: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Morph: Up to 128

Platform

Isolation: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Morph: Full VM
GPU: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Morph: Not listed
Snapshots: DigitalOcean MicroVMs:; Morph:
Pause and resume: DigitalOcean MicroVMs:; Morph:

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Morph: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Morph: Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Morph

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039; Morph: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078; Morph: $0.100
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156; Morph: $0.200

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.100 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Morph fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use Claude Code.

More comparisons

See all comparisons

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Morph

What is different

Full comparison

Pricing

Limits

Platform

Developer

Trust

Hourly cost

Which one fits

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

Morph fits when

More comparisons

Related

Compare

Pricing

Browse