Islo Sandboxes vs Phonebox

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

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Islo Sandboxes

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

Phonebox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$2 starter credit, one time, no card
Max session
3 hours

What is different

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

Islo Sandboxes
Phonebox
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Islo Sandboxes: Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Phonebox: Not listed
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Phonebox: Not listed
GPU
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Snapshots
Islo Sandboxes:
Phonebox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Islo Sandboxes:
Phonebox:

Developer

SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Islo Sandboxes: Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Phonebox fits when

  • You use MCP.

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