Krova Cloud vs Smol Machines

Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour and Smol Machines costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Smol Machines runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Krova Cloud

Firecracker microVMs with root access, billed by the minute.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $5 credit, one time
Max session: No limit

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Smol Machines

Hosted Linux microVMs with their own kernel, for agents and untrusted code.

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

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What is different

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

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Krova Cloud

Smol Machines

vCPU, per hour: Krova Cloud: $0.001; Smol Machines: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour: Krova Cloud: $0.0025; Smol Machines: $0.0162
Storage: Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour; Smol Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time; Smol Machines: $100 credit, one time
Billing: Krova Cloud: Per second; Smol Machines: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Smol Machines: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation: Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM; Smol Machines: MicroVM
SDKs: Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript; Smol Machines: TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go
Integrations: Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code; Smol Machines: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Krova Cloudkrova.cloud/pricing/cubekrova.cloud

Smol Machinessmolmachines.com/pricingsmolmachines.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Krova Cloud: $0.001; Smol Machines: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour: Krova Cloud: $0.0025; Smol Machines: $0.0162
Storage: Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour; Smol Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time; Smol Machines: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from: Krova Cloud: Pay as you go; Smol Machines: Pay as you go
Billing: Krova Cloud: Per second; Smol Machines: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Krova Cloud: No limit; Smol Machines: Not listed
Idle stop: Krova Cloud: Not listed; Smol Machines: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Smol Machines: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Krova Cloud: Not listed; Smol Machines: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation: Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM; Smol Machines: MicroVM
GPU: Krova Cloud: Not listed; Smol Machines: No
Snapshots: Krova Cloud:; Smol Machines:
Pause and resume: Krova Cloud:; Smol Machines:

Developer

SDKs: Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript; Smol Machines: TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go
Integrations: Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code; Smol Machines: MCP

Trust

License: Krova Cloud: Not listed; Smol Machines: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Krova Cloud: Not listed; Smol Machines: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Krova Cloud

Smol Machines

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Krova Cloud: $0.006; Smol Machines: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Krova Cloud: $0.012; Smol Machines: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Krova Cloud: $0.024; Smol Machines: $0.330

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Krova Cloud fits when

You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.012 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Smol Machines fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You want the larger free credit: $100 against $5.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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