E2B vs Islo Sandboxes

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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E2B

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

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.

E2B
Islo Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
E2B: Free
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
E2B: Free
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
E2B: No
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
E2B:
Islo Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
E2B:
Islo Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
E2B: Apache-2.0
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
E2B: Enterprise plan
Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Islo Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

E2B fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.

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