Buddy Sandboxes vs Isorun

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Isorun costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Isorun runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Buddy Sandboxes

Persistent Linux VMs that AI agents create and control through an API, SDK, CLI or MCP.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $1 of usage credit every month
Max session: No limit

Visit site Buddy Sandboxes profile

Isorun

Isolated Linux microVMs from any Docker image.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Isorun profile

What is different

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

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Buddy Sandboxes

Isorun

vCPU, per hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Isorun: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Isorun: $0.015
Storage: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour; Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Free tier: Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month; Isorun: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month; Isorun: Pay as you go
Isolation: Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM; Isorun: MicroVM
Integrations: Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Buddy Sandboxesbuddy.works/docs/basics/billing-and-usage/gbminbuddy.works

Isorundocs.isorun.ai/getting-started/pricingdocs.isorun.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Isorun: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Isorun: $0.015
Storage: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour; Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Free tier: Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month; Isorun: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month; Isorun: Pay as you go
Billing: Buddy Sandboxes: Per second; Isorun: Per second

Limits

Max session: Buddy Sandboxes: No limit; Isorun: Not listed
Idle stop: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Isorun: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB; Isorun: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Isorun: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM; Isorun: MicroVM
GPU: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Isorun: Not listed
Snapshots: Buddy Sandboxes:; Isorun:
Pause and resume: Buddy Sandboxes:; Isorun:

Developer

SDKs: Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript; Isorun: TypeScript
Integrations: Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Isorun: Not listed
BYOC: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Isorun: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Buddy Sandboxes

Isorun

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043; Isorun: $0.055
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086; Isorun: $0.110
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173; Isorun: $0.220

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.086 against $0.110 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

Isorun fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You want the larger free credit: $50 against $1.

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