Blaxel vs Islo Sandboxes

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Blaxel

Sandboxes that pause when idle and resume with state.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Credit of up to $200
Max session: No limit

Visit site Blaxel profile

Islo Sandboxes

Persistent microVM computers for coding agents.

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

Visit site Islo Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Blaxel

Islo Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

Islo Sandboxesislo.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Blaxel: No limit; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Blaxel: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Blaxel: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Blaxel: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Blaxel: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Blaxel:; Islo Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; Islo Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Blaxel: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC; Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

Islo Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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