Agent Sandbox vs ix

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. ix runs full VMs.

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Agent Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session
Not listed

ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
ix
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
ix: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
ix: Full VM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: $0.0108
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
ix: Not listed
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
ix: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
ix: Full VM
GPU
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Not listed
Snapshots
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix:
Pause and resume
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: MCP

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
ix
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
ix: $0.202

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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