Islo Sandboxes vs Tenki Sandbox

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Islo Sandboxes

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

Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Islo Sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
GPU
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Islo Sandboxes:
Tenki Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Islo Sandboxes:
Tenki Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

License
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Islo Sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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