Islo Machines vs Solari

Islo Machines costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Solari costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. Islo Machines runs microVMs. Solari runs Cloud Hypervisor microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

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Solari

One API for cloud browsers, headless microVM sandboxes and desktop VMs for AI agents.

Isolation: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Free tier: $3 credit every month
Max session: 24 hours

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What is different

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Islo Machines

Solari

vCPU, per hour: Islo Machines: $0.07; Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Machines: $0.04; Solari: $0.0165
Storage: Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier: Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required; Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from: Islo Machines: Pay as you go; Solari: $20 / month
Isolation: Islo Machines: MicroVM; Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
SDKs: Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations: Islo Machines: Claude Code; Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Islo Machines: $0.07; Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Machines: $0.04; Solari: $0.0165
Storage: Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier: Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required; Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from: Islo Machines: Pay as you go; Solari: $20 / month
Billing: Islo Machines: Per second; Solari: Per second

Limits

Max session: Islo Machines: Not listed; Solari: 24 hours
Idle stop: Islo Machines: Not listed; Solari: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Islo Machines: Not listed; Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Islo Machines: Not listed; Solari: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation: Islo Machines: MicroVM; Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
GPU: Islo Machines: Not listed; Solari: Not listed
Snapshots: Islo Machines:; Solari:
Pause and resume: Islo Machines:; Solari:

Developer

SDKs: Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations: Islo Machines: Claude Code; Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Islo Machines: Not listed; Solari: Not listed
BYOC: Islo Machines: Agent computers run in your VPC.; Solari: Enterprise plan, in your own VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Islo Machines

Solari

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Islo Machines: $0.150; Solari: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Islo Machines: $0.300; Solari: $0.171
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Islo Machines: $0.600; Solari: $0.342

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Machines fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.

Solari fits when

You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.171 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need HIPAA.

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