Islo Sandboxes vs Runloop

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. Runloop runs microVMs.

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Islo Sandboxes

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

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Islo Sandboxes
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Runloop: $50 credit
SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Runloop: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Islo Sandboxes
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600
Runloop: $0.634

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.300 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Runloop fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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