InstaVM vs Islo Sandboxes

InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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InstaVM

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

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.

InstaVM
Islo Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
InstaVM: $0.0504
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0162
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
InstaVM: $50 credit
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
InstaVM: $100 / month
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Isolation
InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
InstaVM: $0.0504
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0162
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
InstaVM: $50 credit
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
InstaVM: $100 / month
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
InstaVM: Per second
Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
InstaVM: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
InstaVM: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
InstaVM: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
InstaVM: Up to 100
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
InstaVM: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

InstaVM fits when

  • 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.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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