DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Qiniu Cloud Sandbox limits a session to 1 hour.

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

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Sandbox service with an E2B-compatible API that runs AI agent code in isolated cloud environments.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 1 hour

Visit site Qiniu Cloud Sandbox profile

What is different

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

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Free
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Qiniu Cloud Sandboxdeveloper.qiniu.com/las/13281/sandbox-overviewdeveloper.qiniu.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Free
Free tier: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 1 hour
Idle stop: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
GPU: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: DigitalOcean MicroVMs:; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: DigitalOcean MicroVMs:; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Go
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

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

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Which one fits

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You need snapshots.
You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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