CoreWeave Sandboxes vs ix

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour and ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. ix runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolated environments for running untrusted code.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 720 hours

Visit site CoreWeave Sandboxes profile

ix

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

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

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What is different

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

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212; ix: $0.0108
Storage: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Billing: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only
Concurrent sandboxes: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000; ix: Up to 100
Isolation: CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM; ix: Full VM
SDKs: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

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ixix.dev/docs/pricingix.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212; ix: $0.0108
Storage: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Paid plan from: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours; ix: Not listed
Idle stop: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000; ix: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM; ix: Full VM
GPU: CoreWeave Sandboxes:; ix: Not listed
Snapshots: CoreWeave Sandboxes:; ix:
Pause and resume: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed

Developer

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

Trust

License: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
BYOC: CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.; ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

CoreWeave Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170; ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341; ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682; ix: $0.202

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

ix fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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