Islo Sandboxes vs microsandbox cloud

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs.

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Islo Sandboxes

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

microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Islo Sandboxes
microsandbox cloud
vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Pause and resume
Islo Sandboxes:
microsandbox cloud: No
SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
microsandbox cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000

Platform

Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
GPU
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: No
Snapshots
Islo Sandboxes:
microsandbox cloud:
Pause and resume
Islo Sandboxes:
microsandbox cloud: No

Developer

SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations
Islo Sandboxes: Claude Code
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Islo Sandboxes
microsandbox cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600
microsandbox cloud: $0.330

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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 use Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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