Declaw vs ix

Declaw costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. Declaw runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. ix runs full VMs.

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Declaw

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
72 hours

ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Declaw
ix
vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
ix: $0.0108
Storage
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Billing
Declaw: Per second
ix: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Declaw: Up to 500
ix: Up to 100
Isolation
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
ix: Full VM
SDKs
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
ix: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
ix: $0.0108
Storage
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
ix: Not listed
Paid plan from
Declaw: Pay as you go
ix: Pay as you go
Billing
Declaw: Per second
ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Declaw: 72 hours
ix: Not listed
Idle stop
Declaw: Not listed
ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Declaw: Up to 500
ix: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
ix: MCP

Trust

License
Declaw: Not listed
ix: Not listed
BYOC
Declaw: Deploy in your VPC. Book a call.
ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Declaw
ix
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Declaw: $0.083
ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Declaw: $0.166
ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Declaw: $0.331
ix: $0.202

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Declaw fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

ix fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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