Smol Machines vs Vers

Smol Machines costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Vers costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Smol Machines runs microVMs. Vers runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

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

Visit site Smol Machines profile

Vers

Linux computers you can branch, checkpoint, and restore.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Starting credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Vers profile

What is different

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

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Smol Machines

Vers

vCPU, per hour: Smol Machines: $0.05; Vers: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: Smol Machines: $0.0162; Vers: Included
Storage: Smol Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Vers: Kept commits are billed. No rate on the pricing page.
Free tier: Smol Machines: $100 credit, one time; Vers: Starting credit
Billing: Smol Machines: Active CPU time only; Vers: Per second
Isolation: Smol Machines: MicroVM; Vers: Full VM
Snapshots: Smol Machines: No; Vers:
SDKs: Smol Machines: TypeScript, Python, Rust; Vers: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby

Full comparison

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Smol Machines: $0.05; Vers: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: Smol Machines: $0.0162; Vers: Included
Storage: Smol Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Vers: Kept commits are billed. No rate on the pricing page.
Free tier: Smol Machines: $100 credit, one time; Vers: Starting credit
Paid plan from: Smol Machines: Pay as you go; Vers: Pay as you go
Billing: Smol Machines: Active CPU time only; Vers: Per second

Limits

Max session: Smol Machines: Not listed; Vers: Not listed
Idle stop: Smol Machines: Not listed; Vers: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Smol Machines: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB; Vers: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Smol Machines: Up to 1,000; Vers: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Smol Machines: MicroVM; Vers: Full VM
GPU: Smol Machines: No; Vers: Not listed
Snapshots: Smol Machines: No; Vers:
Pause and resume: Smol Machines:; Vers:

Developer

SDKs: Smol Machines: TypeScript, Python, Rust; Vers: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby
Integrations: Smol Machines: Not listed; Vers: Not listed

Trust

License: Smol Machines: Apache-2.0; Vers: Not listed
BYOC: Smol Machines: Not listed; Vers: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Smol Machines

Vers

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Smol Machines: $0.082; Vers: $0.040
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Smol Machines: $0.165; Vers: $0.080
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Smol Machines: $0.330; Vers: $0.160

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Smol Machines fits when

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.

Vers fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.080 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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