Cua Fleets vs Islo Sandboxes

Cua Fleets costs $0.044625 per vCPU-hour and Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Cua Fleets runs gVisor. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Cua Fleets

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
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.

Cua Fleets
Islo Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
Cua Fleets: Free
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Isolation
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Pause and resume
Cua Fleets: No
Islo Sandboxes:
SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
Cua Fleets: Free
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Cua Fleets: Per second
Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Cua Fleets: No
Islo Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Cua Fleets: Your AWS, Google Cloud, or Modal account
Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cua Fleets
Islo Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.089
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.179
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.357
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cua Fleets fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.179 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2.

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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