Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs InstaVM

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolated cloud VMs that run commands for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Hyperbrowser 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

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

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Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

InstaVM

vCPU, per hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015; InstaVM: $0.0162
Free tier: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month; InstaVM: $100 / month
Isolation: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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InstaVMinstavm.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015; InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month; InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second; InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

InstaVM

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075; InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150; InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300; InstaVM: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need SOC 2.

InstaVM fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the larger free credit: $50 against $5.
You need pause and resume.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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