ix vs LangSmith Sandboxes

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

ix
LangSmith Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
ix: Full VM
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
ix: MCP
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
ix: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
ix: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
ix: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
ix: MCP
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Trust

License
ix: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
ix: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

ix
LangSmith Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
ix: $0.050
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
ix: $0.101
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
ix: $0.202
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.189 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

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

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