DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Phonebox

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Phonebox limits a session to 3 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

Visit site DigitalOcean MicroVMs profile

Phonebox

Cloud Android phones that AI agents control through their screens.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Max session: 3 hours

Visit site Phonebox profile

What is different

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Phonebox

Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Phonebox: Bundled machine time

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

Phoneboxphonebox.dev/pricingphonebox.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Phonebox: Not listed
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Phonebox: MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Phonebox

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

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Which one fits

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You need snapshots.

Phonebox fits when

You use MCP.

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