Islo Machines vs Zipbox

Islo Machines costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Islo Machines runs microVMs. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Islo Machines

Persistent microVM computers for coding agents.

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

Visit site Islo Machines profile

Zipbox

Long-lived Firecracker microVMs for AI agents, each with its own desktop.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session: No limit

Visit site Zipbox profile

What is different

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Islo Machines

Zipbox

vCPU, per hour: Islo Machines: $0.07; Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Machines: $0.04; Zipbox: Included
Storage: Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; Zipbox: Free
Free tier: Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required; Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Billing: Islo Machines: Per second; Zipbox: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Islo Machines: MicroVM; Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
Snapshots: Islo Machines:; Zipbox: No
Pause and resume: Islo Machines:; Zipbox: No
SDKs: Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations: Islo Machines: Claude Code; Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Islo Machinesislo.dev/pricing

Zipboxzipbox.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Islo Machines: $0.07; Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Machines: $0.04; Zipbox: Included
Storage: Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; Zipbox: Free
Free tier: Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required; Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from: Islo Machines: Pay as you go; Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing: Islo Machines: Per second; Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Islo Machines: Not listed; Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop: Islo Machines: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Islo Machines: Not listed; Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Islo Machines: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Islo Machines: MicroVM; Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Islo Machines: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Islo Machines:; Zipbox: No
Pause and resume: Islo Machines:; Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs: Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations: Islo Machines: Claude Code; Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License: Islo Machines: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC: Islo Machines: Agent computers run in your VPC.; Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Islo Machines

Zipbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Islo Machines: $0.150; Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Islo Machines: $0.300; Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Islo Machines: $0.600; Zipbox: $0.027

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Machines fits when

You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Zipbox fits when

You use MCP, the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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