Islo Sandboxes vs tama

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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

tama

Linux VMs with GPUs, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site tama profile

What is different

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Islo Sandboxes

tama

vCPU, per hour: Islo Sandboxes: $0.07; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Sandboxes: $0.04; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Isolation: Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM; tama: Full VM
SDKs: Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go; tama: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Islo Sandboxes: $0.07; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Sandboxes: $0.04; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go; tama: Not listed
Billing: Islo Sandboxes: Per second; tama: Per second

Limits

Max session: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Idle stop: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Islo Sandboxes: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go; tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Islo Sandboxes: Claude Code; tama: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Islo Sandboxes

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Islo Sandboxes: $0.150; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Islo Sandboxes: $0.300; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Islo Sandboxes: $0.600; tama: $0.091

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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 use Claude Code.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

tama fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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