Everstack vs Smol Machines

Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour and Smol Machines costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Smol Machines runs microVMs.

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Everstack

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Max session
Not listed

Smol Machines

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Everstack
Smol Machines
vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Smol Machines: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Smol Machines: $0.0162
Storage
Everstack: Free
Smol Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Smol Machines: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Smol Machines: Pay as you go
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Smol Machines: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Smol Machines: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Smol Machines: Up to 1,000
Snapshots
Everstack:
Smol Machines: No
SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Smol Machines: TypeScript, Python, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Smol Machines: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Smol Machines: $0.0162
Storage
Everstack: Free
Smol Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Smol Machines: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Smol Machines: Pay as you go
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Smol Machines: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Everstack: Not listed
Smol Machines: Not listed
Idle stop
Everstack: Not listed
Smol Machines: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Smol Machines: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Smol Machines: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Everstack: Not listed
Smol Machines: MicroVM
GPU
Everstack: Not listed
Smol Machines: No
Snapshots
Everstack:
Smol Machines: No
Pause and resume
Everstack:
Smol Machines:

Developer

SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Smol Machines: TypeScript, Python, Rust
Integrations
Everstack: Not listed
Smol Machines: Not listed

Trust

License
Everstack: Apache-2.0
Smol Machines: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Everstack: Not listed
Smol Machines: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Everstack
Smol Machines
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Everstack: $0.067
Smol Machines: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Everstack: $0.133
Smol Machines: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Everstack: $0.266
Smol Machines: $0.330

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Everstack fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.133 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Smol Machines fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $5.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.

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