Islo Sandboxes vs Lizard Sandboxes

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Islo Sandboxes

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

Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Islo Sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Islo Sandboxes: Claude Code
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Islo Sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Sandboxes fits when

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

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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