DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Superserve

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Superserve
vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Superserve: $0.0162
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Superserve: Not listed
Free tier
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: $5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
Paid plan from
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
Superserve: Per second

Limits

Max session
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: No limit
Idle stop
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: Up to 1,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
BYOC
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Superserve: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account. Enterprise plan.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Superserve
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
Superserve: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
Superserve: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156
Superserve: $0.331

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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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 2 GiB.

Superserve fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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