CreateOS Sandbox vs Islo Sandboxes

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

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.

CreateOS Sandbox
Islo Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Islo Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Islo Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Islo Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

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