Deno Sandbox vs Islo Sandboxes

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

Islo Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Deno Sandbox
Islo Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
Islo Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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