DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Islo Sandboxes

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Lightweight virtual machines that run a container image in their own kernel and pause when idle.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site DigitalOcean MicroVMs profile

Islo Sandboxes

Persistent microVM computers for coding agents.

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

Visit site Islo Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Islo Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Isolation: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

DigitalOcean MicroVMsdocs.digitalocean.com/products/microvms/details/pricingdocs.digitalocean.com

Islo Sandboxesislo.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: DigitalOcean MicroVMs:; Islo Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: DigitalOcean MicroVMs:; Islo Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Islo Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039; Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078; Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156; Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Islo Sandboxes fits when

You use Claude Code.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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