InstaVM vs OpenPond Sandboxes
InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and OpenPond Sandboxes costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs. OpenPond Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.
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InstaVM
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $50 credit
- Max session
- Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
7 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
InstaVM
OpenPond Sandboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
- Storage
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
- Free tier
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
- Paid plan from
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
- Concurrent sandboxes
- InstaVM: Up to 100
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10
- SDKs
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
InstaVMinstavm
OpenPond Sandboxesopenpond
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
- Storage
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
- Free tier
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
- Paid plan from
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
- Billing
- InstaVM: Per second
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- InstaVM: Not listed
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
- Idle stop
- InstaVM: Not listed
- OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
- Largest sandbox
- InstaVM: Not listed
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- InstaVM: Up to 100
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10
Platform
- Isolation
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- InstaVM: Not listed
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
- Snapshots
- InstaVM:
- OpenPond Sandboxes:
- Pause and resume
- InstaVM:
- OpenPond Sandboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript
- Integrations
- InstaVM: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Trust
- License
- InstaVM: Not listed
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- InstaVM: Not listed
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
InstaVM
OpenPond Sandboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.083
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.119
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.166
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.238
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.331
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.475
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
InstaVM fits when
- You use Claude Code or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
- You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need a desktop in the sandbox.
- You need SOC 2 Type II.
OpenPond Sandboxes fits when
- You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
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