Brimble Sandboxes vs ix

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. ix runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Brimble Sandboxes

Sandbox product of the Brimble hosting platform that runs code in gVisor containers.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Max session: 6 hours

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ix

Cloud VMs with up to 100 vCPUs, billed by usage.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: None
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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

Field

Brimble Sandboxes

Storage: Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier: Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required; ix: None
Paid plan from: Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: Brimble Sandboxes: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15; ix: Up to 100
Isolation: Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor; ix: Full VM
SDKs: Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; ix: MCP

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ixix.dev/docs/pricingix.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: $0.0108
Storage: Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier: Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required; ix: None
Paid plan from: Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: Brimble Sandboxes: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours; ix: Not listed
Idle stop: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15; ix: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor; ix: Full VM
GPU: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Snapshots: Brimble Sandboxes:; ix:
Pause and resume: Brimble Sandboxes:; ix: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; ix: MCP

Trust

License: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
BYOC: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Brimble Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: $0.202

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Which one fits

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Brimble Sandboxes fits when

You use Claude Code.
You want to start without paying.
You need pause and resume.

ix fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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