Hugging Face Sandboxes vs InstaVM

Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolated cloud machines for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Hugging Face Sandboxes profile

InstaVM

Hardware-isolated microVMs for AI agent code.

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

Visit site InstaVM profile

What is different

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

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Hugging Face Sandboxes

InstaVM

vCPU, per hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included; InstaVM: $0.0162
Billing: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; InstaVM: Per second
Isolation: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Hugging Face Sandboxeshuggingface.co/docs/hub/jobs-pricinghuggingface.co

InstaVMinstavm.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included; InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session: Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours; InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop: Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes; InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Hugging Face Sandboxes:; InstaVM: Not listed
Snapshots: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM:
Pause and resume: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM:

Developer

SDKs: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Hugging Face Sandboxes

InstaVM

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010; InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020; InstaVM: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hugging Face Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.010 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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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