Cloudflare Sandbox vs Islo Sandboxes

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

Islo Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
Islo Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Islo Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code
Islo Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
Islo Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.180 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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