Islo Sandboxes vs Thunder Sandboxes

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Islo Sandboxes

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Islo Sandboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Islo Sandboxes:
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Islo Sandboxes:
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Islo Sandboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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