Novita Sandbox vs Smol Machines

Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour and Smol Machines costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 3 hours. Smol Machines runs microVMs.

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Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
3 hours

Smol Machines

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

What is different

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

Novita Sandbox
Smol Machines
vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Smol Machines: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Smol Machines: $0.0162
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Smol Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Smol Machines: $100 credit, one time
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Smol Machines: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Smol Machines: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Smol Machines: Up to 1,000
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
Smol Machines: No
SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Smol Machines: TypeScript, Python, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Smol Machines: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Smol Machines: $0.0162
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Smol Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Smol Machines: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Smol Machines: Pay as you go
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Smol Machines: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
Smol Machines: Not listed
Idle stop
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Smol Machines: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Smol Machines: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Smol Machines: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Smol Machines: MicroVM
GPU
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Smol Machines: No
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
Smol Machines: No
Pause and resume
Novita Sandbox:
Smol Machines:

Developer

SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Smol Machines: TypeScript, Python, Rust
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Smol Machines: Not listed

Trust

License
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Smol Machines: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Smol Machines: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Novita Sandbox
Smol Machines
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
Smol Machines: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
Smol Machines: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.233
Smol Machines: $0.330

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Smol Machines fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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