microsandbox cloud vs MIOSA

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and MIOSA costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. MIOSA runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session
Not listed

MIOSA

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

microsandbox cloud
MIOSA
vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
MIOSA: $0.01458
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
MIOSA: $500 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
MIOSA: Up to 250
Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
MIOSA:
SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
microsandbox cloud: Claude Code, MCP
MIOSA: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
MIOSA: $0.01458
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
MIOSA: $500 / month
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
MIOSA: Per second

Limits

Max session
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
MIOSA: 24 hours
Idle stop
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
MIOSA: Up to 250

Platform

Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
GPU
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
MIOSA: Not listed
Snapshots
microsandbox cloud:
MIOSA:
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
MIOSA:

Developer

SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
microsandbox cloud: Claude Code, MCP
MIOSA: MCP

Trust

License
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
MIOSA: Not listed
BYOC
microsandbox cloud: By evaluation, contact us
MIOSA: Your own AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

microsandbox cloud
MIOSA
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
MIOSA: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
MIOSA: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.330
MIOSA: $0.298

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use Claude Code.

MIOSA fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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