CreateOS Sandbox vs ix

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. ix runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

CreateOS Sandbox

Hosted Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session: No limit

Visit site CreateOS Sandbox 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

CreateOS Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025; ix: $0.0108
Storage: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Billing: CreateOS Sandbox: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20; ix: Up to 100
Isolation: CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM; ix: Full VM
SDKs: CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

CreateOS Sandboxcreateos.sh/pricing/sandboxcreateos.sh

ixix.dev/docs/pricingix.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025; ix: $0.0108
Storage: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier: CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits; ix: Not listed
Paid plan from: CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: CreateOS Sandbox: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: CreateOS Sandbox: No limit; ix: Not listed
Idle stop: CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox: CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20; ix: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM; ix: Full VM
GPU: CreateOS Sandbox: No; ix: Not listed
Snapshots: CreateOS Sandbox:; ix:
Pause and resume: CreateOS Sandbox:; ix: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed; ix: MCP

Trust

License: CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed; ix: Not listed
BYOC: CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane; ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

CreateOS Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059; ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119; ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237; ix: $0.202

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need pause and resume.
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 $0.119 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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