Koyeb Sandboxes vs Smol Machines

Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Smol Machines costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs. Smol Machines runs microVMs.

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Koyeb Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Smol Machines

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Koyeb Sandboxes
Smol Machines
vCPU, per hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
Smol Machines: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Smol Machines: $0.0162
Billing
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Smol Machines: Active CPU time only
GPU
Koyeb Sandboxes:
Smol Machines: No
Snapshots
Koyeb Sandboxes:
Smol Machines: No
SDKs
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Smol Machines: TypeScript, Python, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
Smol Machines: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Smol Machines: $0.0162
Storage
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Smol Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Smol Machines: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Smol Machines: Pay as you go
Billing
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Smol Machines: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Smol Machines: Not listed
Idle stop
Koyeb Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Smol Machines: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Smol Machines: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Smol Machines: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
Smol Machines: MicroVM
GPU
Koyeb Sandboxes:
Smol Machines: No
Snapshots
Koyeb Sandboxes:
Smol Machines: No
Pause and resume
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Smol Machines:

Developer

SDKs
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Smol Machines: TypeScript, Python, Rust
Integrations
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Smol Machines: Not listed

Trust

License
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Smol Machines: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Smol Machines: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Koyeb Sandboxes
Smol Machines
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
Smol Machines: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
Smol Machines: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058
Smol Machines: $0.330

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.029 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

Smol Machines fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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