Brimble Sandboxes vs Islo Machines

Islo Machines costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. Islo Machines runs microVMs.

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Brimble Sandboxes

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Max session
6 hours

Islo Machines

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

What is different

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

Brimble Sandboxes
Islo Machines
Storage
Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Islo Machines: Pay as you go
Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
Islo Machines: MicroVM
SDKs
Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Islo Machines: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Islo Machines: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Islo Machines: $0.04
Storage
Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Islo Machines: Pay as you go
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Islo Machines: Per second

Limits

Max session
Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Islo Machines: Not listed
Idle stop
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Islo Machines: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Machines: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15
Islo Machines: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
Islo Machines: MicroVM
GPU
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Islo Machines: Not listed
Snapshots
Brimble Sandboxes:
Islo Machines:
Pause and resume
Brimble Sandboxes:
Islo Machines:

Developer

SDKs
Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Islo Machines: Claude Code

Trust

License
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Islo Machines: Not listed
BYOC
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Islo Machines: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Brimble Sandboxes
Islo Machines
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Islo Machines: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Islo Machines: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Islo Machines: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Brimble Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP.

Islo Machines fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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