InstaVM vs StateSet Sandbox
InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.
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InstaVM
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $50 credit
- Max session
- Not listed
StateSet Sandbox
- Isolation
- gVisor
- Free tier
- $25 trial credit, no card
- Max session
- 24 hours
What is different
8 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
InstaVM
StateSet Sandbox
- vCPU, per hour
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
- Free tier
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
- Paid plan from
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
- Concurrent sandboxes
- InstaVM: Up to 100
- StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
- Isolation
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
- SDKs
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Integrations
- InstaVM: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
- StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
InstaVMinstavm
StateSet Sandboxsandbox
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
- Storage
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
- Free tier
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
- Paid plan from
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
- Billing
- InstaVM: Per second
- StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- InstaVM: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
- Idle stop
- InstaVM: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- InstaVM: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- InstaVM: Up to 100
- StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Platform
- Isolation
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
- GPU
- InstaVM: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
- Snapshots
- InstaVM:
- StateSet Sandbox:
- Pause and resume
- InstaVM:
- StateSet Sandbox:
Developer
- SDKs
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Integrations
- InstaVM: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
- StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP
Trust
- License
- InstaVM: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
- BYOC
- InstaVM: Not listed
- StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
InstaVM
StateSet Sandbox
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.083
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.166
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.331
- StateSet Sandbox: $0.028
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
InstaVM fits when
- You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
- You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
- You want the larger free credit: $50 against $25.
- You need a desktop in the sandbox.
StateSet Sandbox fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You use MCP.
- You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
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