Celesto Cloud vs Islo Sandboxes

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Celesto Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Max session
Not listed

Islo Sandboxes

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.

Celesto Cloud
Islo Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
Islo Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
  • You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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