InstaVM vs Novita Sandbox
InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.
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InstaVM
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $50 credit
- Max session
- Not listed
Novita Sandbox
- Isolation
- Not listed
- Free tier
- $100 promotional credit
- Max session
- 24 hours
What is different
6 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
InstaVM
Novita Sandbox
- vCPU, per hour
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
- Storage
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
- Free tier
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
- Paid plan from
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
- SDKs
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
InstaVMinstavm
Novita Sandboxnovita
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
- Storage
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
- Free tier
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
- Paid plan from
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
- Billing
- InstaVM: Per second
- Novita Sandbox: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
- Idle stop
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Novita Sandbox: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- InstaVM: Up to 100
- Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Platform
- Isolation
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- Novita Sandbox: Not listed
- GPU
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Novita Sandbox: Not listed
- Snapshots
- InstaVM:
- Novita Sandbox:
- Pause and resume
- InstaVM:
- Novita Sandbox:
Developer
- SDKs
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Integrations
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Novita Sandbox: Claude Code
Trust
- License
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Novita Sandbox: Not listed
- BYOC
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
InstaVM
Novita Sandbox
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.083
- Novita Sandbox: $0.058
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.166
- Novita Sandbox: $0.117
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.331
- Novita Sandbox: $0.233
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
InstaVM fits when
- You need SOC 2 Type II.
Novita Sandbox fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You use Claude Code.
- You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You want the larger free credit: $100 against $50.
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