DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Novita Sandbox

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 3 hours.

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
3 hours

What is different

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

DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Novita Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
Idle stop
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:
Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:
Novita Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Novita Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156
Novita Sandbox: $0.233

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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 $0.117 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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