EQVPS Sandboxes vs Islo Machines

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Islo Machines costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Islo Machines runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

EQVPS Sandboxes

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents, paid per second from a prepaid crypto balance.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session: 720 hours

Visit site EQVPS Sandboxes profile

Islo Machines

Persistent microVM computers for coding agents.

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

Visit site Islo Machines profile

What is different

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

Field

EQVPS Sandboxes

Islo Machines

vCPU, per hour: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04; Islo Machines: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013; Islo Machines: $0.04
Storage: EQVPS Sandboxes: Free; Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time; Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required
Isolation: EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; Islo Machines: MicroVM
SDKs: EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Islo Machines: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

EQVPS Sandboxeseqvps.com/en/docs/sandbox-billingeqvps.com

Islo Machinesislo.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04; Islo Machines: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013; Islo Machines: $0.04
Storage: EQVPS Sandboxes: Free; Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time; Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from: EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Islo Machines: Pay as you go
Billing: EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second; Islo Machines: Per second

Limits

Max session: EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours; Islo Machines: Not listed
Idle stop: EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes; Islo Machines: Not listed
Largest sandbox: EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB; Islo Machines: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20; Islo Machines: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; Islo Machines: MicroVM
GPU: EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed; Islo Machines: Not listed
Snapshots: EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed; Islo Machines:
Pause and resume: EQVPS Sandboxes:; Islo Machines:

Developer

SDKs: EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Islo Machines: Claude Code

Trust

License: EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed; Islo Machines: Not listed
BYOC: EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed; Islo Machines: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

EQVPS Sandboxes

Islo Machines

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066; Islo Machines: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132; Islo Machines: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264; Islo Machines: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Islo Machines fits when

You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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