Islo Sandboxes vs Perplexity Sandbox

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

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Islo Sandboxes

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

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Islo Sandboxes
Perplexity Sandbox
Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Islo Sandboxes:
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Islo Sandboxes:
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Islo Sandboxes: Claude Code
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Islo Sandboxes
Perplexity Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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