Islo Sandboxes vs Runta

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. Runta runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Islo Sandboxes

Persistent microVM computers for coding agents.

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

Visit site Islo Sandboxes profile

Runta

Isolated computers where AI agents work and keep state.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $50 free credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runta profile

What is different

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

Field

Islo Sandboxes

Runta

vCPU, per hour: Islo Sandboxes: $0.07; Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Sandboxes: $0.04; Runta: $0.0162
Storage: Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required; Runta: $50 free credit
Isolation: Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM; Runta: Full VM
SDKs: Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go; Runta: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

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Islo Sandboxesislo.dev/pricing

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Islo Sandboxes: $0.07; Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Sandboxes: $0.04; Runta: $0.0162
Storage: Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required; Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from: Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Runta: Pay as you go
Billing: Islo Sandboxes: Per second; Runta: Per second

Limits

Max session: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
Idle stop: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM; Runta: Full VM
GPU: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
Snapshots: Islo Sandboxes:; Runta:
Pause and resume: Islo Sandboxes:; Runta:

Developer

SDKs: Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go; Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Islo Sandboxes

Runta

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Islo Sandboxes: $0.150; Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Islo Sandboxes: $0.300; Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Islo Sandboxes: $0.600; Runta: $0.331

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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 need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Runta fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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