Cloudflare Sandbox vs ix

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. ix runs full VMs.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
ix
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
ix: $0.0108
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
ix: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
ix: Full VM
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
ix: $0.0108
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
ix: Not listed
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
ix: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Not listed
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
ix: Full VM
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Not listed
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
ix:
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Not listed

Developer

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

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
ix
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
ix: $0.202

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox 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 use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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