DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs tama

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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

tama

Linux VMs with GPUs, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site tama profile

What is different

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

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

tama

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; tama: $0.0055
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; tama: Full VM

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

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; tama: $0.0055
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; tama: Per second

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Idle stop: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes; tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; tama: Full VM
GPU: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; tama:
Snapshots: DigitalOcean MicroVMs:; tama:
Pause and resume: DigitalOcean MicroVMs:; tama:

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156; tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

tama fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.078 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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