exe.dev vs ix

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour and ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. ix runs full VMs.

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exe.dev

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session
Not listed

ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

exe.dev
ix
vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
ix: $0.0108
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
ix: Pay as you go
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
ix: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
ix: $0.0108
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
ix: Not listed
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
ix: Pay as you go
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
exe.dev: Not listed
ix: Not listed
Idle stop
exe.dev: Not listed
ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
exe.dev: Not listed
ix: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
ix: Full VM
GPU
exe.dev: Not listed
ix: Not listed
Snapshots
exe.dev: Not listed
ix:
Pause and resume
exe.dev: Not listed
ix: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
exe.dev: Not listed
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
exe.dev: Not listed
ix: MCP

Trust

License
exe.dev: Not listed
ix: Not listed
BYOC
exe.dev: Enterprise plan
ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

exe.dev
ix
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
exe.dev: $0.053
ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
exe.dev: $0.105
ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: $0.210
ix: $0.202

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

ix fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.105 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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