Cua Fleets vs ix

Cua Fleets costs $0.044625 per vCPU-hour and ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. Cua Fleets runs gVisor. ix runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Cua Fleets

Hosted Linux and Windows sandboxes for computer-use agents.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

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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.

Field

Cua Fleets

vCPU, per hour: Cua Fleets: $0.044625; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: Cua Fleets: $0.0223125; ix: $0.0108
Storage: Cua Fleets: Free; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Billing: Cua Fleets: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Isolation: Cua Fleets: gVisor; ix: Full VM
Integrations: Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP; ix: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Cua Fleetscua.ai/#pricing

ixix.dev/docs/pricingix.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Cua Fleets: $0.044625; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: Cua Fleets: $0.0223125; ix: $0.0108
Storage: Cua Fleets: Free; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier: Cua Fleets: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Paid plan from: Cua Fleets: Not listed; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: Cua Fleets: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Cua Fleets: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Idle stop: Cua Fleets: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Cua Fleets: Not listed; ix: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Cua Fleets: gVisor; ix: Full VM
GPU: Cua Fleets: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Snapshots: Cua Fleets: Not listed; ix:
Pause and resume: Cua Fleets: No; ix: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP; ix: MCP

Trust

License: Cua Fleets: Not listed; ix: Not listed
BYOC: Cua Fleets: Your AWS, Google Cloud, or Modal account; ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Cua Fleets

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Cua Fleets: $0.089; ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Cua Fleets: $0.179; ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Cua Fleets: $0.357; ix: $0.202

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cua Fleets fits when

You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need SOC 2.

ix fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.179 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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