Freestyle VMs vs ix

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour and ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. ix runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Freestyle VMs

Full Linux virtual machines for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free plan, $0 forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Freestyle VMs 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

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

Field

Freestyle VMs

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; ix: $0.0108
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: Freestyle VMs: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; ix: Up to 100
SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK; ix: MCP

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Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

ixix.dev/docs/pricingix.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; ix: $0.0108
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; ix: Not listed
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: Freestyle VMs: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Idle stop: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; ix: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; ix: Full VM
GPU: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Snapshots: Freestyle VMs:; ix:
Pause and resume: Freestyle VMs:; ix: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK; ix: MCP

Trust

License: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; ix: Not listed
BYOC: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Freestyle VMs

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Freestyle VMs fits when

You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
You need pause and resume.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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 $0.132 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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