ix vs Lizard Sandboxes

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

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

Lizard Sandboxes

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session: No limit

Visit site Lizard Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Lizard Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation: ix: Full VM; Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

ixix.dev/docs/pricingix.dev

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier: ix: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: ix: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: ix: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Integrations: ix: MCP; Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Lizard Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: ix: $0.050; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: ix: $0.101; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: ix: $0.202; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use MCP.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.101 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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