Islo Machines vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Islo Machines costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Islo Machines runs microVMs. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Islo Machines

Persistent microVM computers for coding agents.

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

Visit site Islo Machines profile

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolated microVMs for AI agents that fork from a saved snapshot, part of SF Compute Autoresearch.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: None
Max session: Not listed

Visit site SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Islo Machines

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Islo Machines: $0.07; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Machines: $0.04; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing: Islo Machines: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Integrations: Islo Machines: Claude Code; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Islo Machinesislo.dev/pricing

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Islo Machines: $0.07; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Machines: $0.04; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Islo Machines: Pay as you go; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Islo Machines: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Islo Machines: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Islo Machines: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Islo Machines: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Islo Machines: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: Islo Machines: MicroVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Islo Machines: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Islo Machines:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Islo Machines:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: Islo Machines: Claude Code; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Islo Machines: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Islo Machines: Agent computers run in your VPC.; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Islo Machines

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Islo Machines: $0.150; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Islo Machines: $0.300; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Islo Machines: $0.600; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Machines fits when

You want to start without paying.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.183 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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