boxd vs Islo Sandboxes

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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boxd

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 credit with a payment method
Max session
Not listed

Islo Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

boxd
Islo Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
boxd: Per second
Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
boxd: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
boxd: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxd: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
boxd: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
boxd: Claude Code
Islo Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
boxd: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
boxd: Custom plan
Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
Islo Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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