EQVPS Sandboxes vs ix

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. ix runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

EQVPS Sandboxes

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents, paid per second from a prepaid crypto balance.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session: 720 hours

Visit site EQVPS Sandboxes profile

ix

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

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: None
Max session: Not listed

Visit site ix profile

What is different

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

Field

EQVPS Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013; ix: $0.0108
Storage: EQVPS Sandboxes: Free; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier: EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time; ix: None
Billing: EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20; ix: Up to 100
Isolation: EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; ix: Full VM
SDKs: EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; ix: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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ixix.dev/docs/pricingix.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013; ix: $0.0108
Storage: EQVPS Sandboxes: Free; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier: EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time; ix: None
Paid plan from: EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours; ix: Not listed
Idle stop: EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes; ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox: EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20; ix: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; ix: Full VM
GPU: EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Snapshots: EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed; ix:
Pause and resume: EQVPS Sandboxes:; ix: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; ix: MCP

Trust

License: EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
BYOC: EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

EQVPS Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066; ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132; ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264; ix: $0.202

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use Claude Code.
You want to start without paying.
You need pause and resume.

ix fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.132 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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