Islo Sandboxes vs Vercel Sandbox

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Islo Sandboxes

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

Vercel Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
5 CPU-hours every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Islo Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Islo Sandboxes: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Islo Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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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 the lower list price: $0.300 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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