Islo Machines vs StateSet Sandbox

Islo Machines costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Islo Machines runs microVMs. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Islo Machines

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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Islo Machines
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Islo Machines: $0.07
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Machines: $0.04
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Isolation
Islo Machines: MicroVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Islo Machines: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Islo Machines: $0.07
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Machines: $0.04
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Islo Machines: Pay as you go
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Islo Machines: Per second
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Islo Machines: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Islo Machines: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Islo Machines: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Islo Machines: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Islo Machines: MicroVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
Islo Machines: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Islo Machines:
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Islo Machines:
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Islo Machines: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Islo Machines: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Islo Machines: Agent computers run in your VPC.
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Islo Machines
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Islo Machines: $0.150
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Islo Machines: $0.300
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Machines: $0.600
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Machines fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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