EQVPS Sandboxes vs InstaVM
EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.
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EQVPS Sandboxes
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $1 sandbox credit, one time
- Max session
- 720 hours
InstaVM
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $50 credit
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
8 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
EQVPS Sandboxes
InstaVM
- vCPU, per hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Storage
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Free tier
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Paid plan from
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Concurrent sandboxes
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
- InstaVM: Up to 100
- SDKs
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
- InstaVM: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
EQVPS Sandboxeseqvps
InstaVMinstavm
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Storage
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Free tier
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Paid plan from
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Billing
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
- InstaVM: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Idle stop
- EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
- InstaVM: Up to 100
Platform
- Isolation
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Snapshots
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- InstaVM:
- Pause and resume
- EQVPS Sandboxes:
- InstaVM:
Developer
- SDKs
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
- InstaVM: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
Trust
- License
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
- BYOC
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- InstaVM: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
EQVPS Sandboxes
InstaVM
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
- InstaVM: $0.083
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
- InstaVM: $0.166
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
- InstaVM: $0.331
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
EQVPS Sandboxes fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You use MCP.
- You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
InstaVM fits when
- You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
- You want the larger free credit: $50 against $1.
- You need snapshots.
- You need a desktop in the sandbox.
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