Orgo vs Smol Machines

Smol Machines costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Orgo runs full VMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Smol Machines runs microVMs.

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Orgo

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

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.

Orgo
Smol Machines
RAM, per GiB-hour
Orgo: Included
Smol Machines: $0.0162
Paid plan from
Orgo: $29 / month
Smol Machines: Pay as you go
Billing
Orgo: Bundled machine time
Smol Machines: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Orgo: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Smol Machines: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Orgo: Up to 16
Smol Machines: Up to 1,000
Isolation
Orgo: Full VM
Smol Machines: MicroVM
GPU
Orgo:
Smol Machines: No
Snapshots
Orgo:
Smol Machines: No
SDKs
Orgo: Python, TypeScript
Smol Machines: TypeScript, Python, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Orgo: Not listed
Smol Machines: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Orgo: Included
Smol Machines: $0.0162
Storage
Orgo: Not listed
Smol Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Orgo: Not listed
Smol Machines: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Orgo: $29 / month
Smol Machines: Pay as you go
Billing
Orgo: Bundled machine time
Smol Machines: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Orgo: No limit
Smol Machines: Not listed
Idle stop
Orgo: Not listed
Smol Machines: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Orgo: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Smol Machines: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Orgo: Up to 16
Smol Machines: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Orgo: Full VM
Smol Machines: MicroVM
GPU
Orgo:
Smol Machines: No
Snapshots
Orgo:
Smol Machines: No
Pause and resume
Orgo:
Smol Machines:

Developer

SDKs
Orgo: Python, TypeScript
Smol Machines: TypeScript, Python, Rust
Integrations
Orgo: MCP, Claude Code
Smol Machines: Not listed

Trust

License
Orgo: Not listed
Smol Machines: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Orgo: Not listed
Smol Machines: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Orgo
Smol Machines
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Orgo: Not listed
Smol Machines: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Orgo: Not listed
Smol Machines: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Orgo: Not listed
Smol Machines: $0.330

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Orgo fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.

Smol Machines fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • 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.

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