DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Together Sandbox

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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

Together Sandbox

Isolated runtime environments for code from AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Together Sandbox profile

What is different

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

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Together Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB

Full comparison

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

Together Sandboxtogether.ai/pricingtogether.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Together Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Together Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Together Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Together Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Together Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039; Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078; Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156; Together Sandbox: $0.298

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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 $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Together Sandbox fits when

You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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