exe.dev vs InstaVM

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

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exe.dev

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session
Not listed

InstaVM

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

exe.dev
InstaVM
vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
InstaVM: Per second
Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
InstaVM: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session
exe.dev: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop
exe.dev: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
exe.dev: Not listed
InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
GPU
exe.dev: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Snapshots
exe.dev: Not listed
InstaVM:
Pause and resume
exe.dev: Not listed
InstaVM:

Developer

SDKs
exe.dev: Not listed
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
exe.dev: Claude Code
InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License
exe.dev: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC
exe.dev: Enterprise plan
InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

exe.dev
InstaVM
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
exe.dev: $0.053
InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
exe.dev: $0.105
InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: $0.210
InstaVM: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.105 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

InstaVM fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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