DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Sandock

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 8 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

Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 8 hours

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What is different

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

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Sandock

Idle stop: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Sandock: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Sandocksandock.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Sandock: Not listed
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Sandock: Not listed
Free tier: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Sandock: $5 / month
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Sandock: 8 hours
Idle stop: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Sandock: MCP

Trust

License: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Sandock: MIT
BYOC: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Sandock

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Sandock fits when

You want an open-source platform (MIT) that you can self-host.
You use MCP.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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