Islo Sandboxes vs Sandbox as a Service

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Islo Sandboxes

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

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Islo Sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service
vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
Islo Sandboxes:
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
Islo Sandboxes:
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Islo Sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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