Caged vs ix

Caged costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. Caged runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 4 hours. ix runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Caged

Isolated microVM sandboxes that record every agent action.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Free plan, 5 sandboxes a day
Max session: 4 hours

Visit site Caged profile

ix

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

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site ix profile

What is different

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

Field

Caged

vCPU, per hour: Caged: $0.06; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: Caged: Included; ix: $0.0108
Storage: Caged: Free; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Paid plan from: Caged: $29 / month; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: Caged: Bundled machine time; ix: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: Caged: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Caged: Up to 5; ix: Up to 100
Isolation: Caged: Firecracker microVM; ix: Full VM

Full comparison

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Cagedcaged.dev/#pricing

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Caged: $0.06; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: Caged: Included; ix: $0.0108
Storage: Caged: Free; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier: Caged: Free plan, 5 sandboxes a day; ix: Not listed
Paid plan from: Caged: $29 / month; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: Caged: Bundled machine time; ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Caged: 4 hours; ix: Not listed
Idle stop: Caged: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Caged: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Caged: Up to 5; ix: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Caged: Firecracker microVM; ix: Full VM
GPU: Caged: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Snapshots: Caged: Not listed; ix:
Pause and resume: Caged: Not listed; ix: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Caged: Not listed; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Caged: MCP; ix: MCP

Trust

License: Caged: Not listed; ix: Not listed
BYOC: Caged: Not listed; ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Caged

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Caged: $0.060; ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Caged: $0.120; ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Caged: $0.240; ix: $0.202

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Caged fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

ix fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

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