InstaVM vs LangSmith Sandboxes

InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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InstaVM

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

LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

InstaVM
LangSmith Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
InstaVM: $0.0504
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0162
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
InstaVM: $50 credit
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
InstaVM: $0.0504
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0162
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
InstaVM: $50 credit
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Paid plan from
InstaVM: $100 / month
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
InstaVM: Per second
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
InstaVM: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
InstaVM: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
InstaVM: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
InstaVM: Up to 100
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
InstaVM: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
InstaVM:
LangSmith Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
InstaVM:
LangSmith Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
InstaVM: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Trust

License
InstaVM: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
InstaVM: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

InstaVM
LangSmith Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
InstaVM: $0.083
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
InstaVM: $0.166
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
InstaVM: $0.331
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

InstaVM fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.189 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $50 against $8.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You use LangChain.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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