Isorun vs Lizard Sandboxes

Isorun costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour and Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Isorun runs microVMs. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Isorun

Isolated Linux microVMs from any Docker image.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Isorun profile

Lizard Sandboxes

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session: No limit

Visit site Lizard Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Isorun

Lizard Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Isorun: $0.025; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour: Isorun: $0.015; Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage: Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored; Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier: Isorun: $50 credit; Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from: Isorun: Pay as you go; Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing: Isorun: Per second; Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Isorun: MicroVM; Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Isorun: TypeScript; Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Isorundocs.isorun.ai/getting-started/pricingdocs.isorun.ai

Lizard Sandboxeslizard.build/pricinglizard.build

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Isorun: $0.025; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour: Isorun: $0.015; Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage: Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored; Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier: Isorun: $50 credit; Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from: Isorun: Pay as you go; Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing: Isorun: Per second; Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Isorun: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Isorun: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Isorun: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Isorun: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Isorun: MicroVM; Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Isorun: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Isorun:; Lizard Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Isorun:; Lizard Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Isorun: TypeScript; Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Integrations: Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP; Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Isorun: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Isorun: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Isorun

Lizard Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Isorun: $0.055; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Isorun: $0.110; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Isorun: $0.220; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Isorun fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.110 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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