AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Islo Sandboxes

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Serverless microVMs on AWS that suspend when idle.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 8 hours

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Islo Sandboxes

Persistent microVM computers for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Starting credit, no card required
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Islo Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.; Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws.amazon.com/lambda/pricingaws.amazon.com

Islo Sandboxesislo.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.; Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second; Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; Islo Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; Islo Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Islo Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126; Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252; Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504; Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.252 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Islo Sandboxes fits when

You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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