InstaVM vs Lizard Sandboxes

InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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InstaVM

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

Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

InstaVM
Lizard Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
InstaVM: $0.0504
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0162
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
InstaVM: $50 credit
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
InstaVM: $100 / month
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
InstaVM: Per second
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
SDKs
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
InstaVM: $0.0504
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0162
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
InstaVM: $50 credit
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
InstaVM: $100 / month
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
InstaVM: Per second
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
InstaVM: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
InstaVM: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
InstaVM: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
InstaVM: Up to 100
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
InstaVM: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
InstaVM: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
InstaVM: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

InstaVM
Lizard Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
InstaVM: $0.083
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
InstaVM: $0.166
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
InstaVM: $0.331
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

InstaVM fits when

  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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