ix vs Mosaic Sandbox

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Mosaic Sandbox costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Mosaic Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Mosaic Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

ix
Mosaic Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation
ix: Full VM
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
ix: MCP
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Free tier
ix: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
ix: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
ix: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
ix: Full VM
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
ix: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
ix:
Mosaic Sandbox:
Pause and resume
ix: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
ix: MCP
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP

Trust

License
ix: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
ix: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

ix
Mosaic Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
ix: $0.050
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
ix: $0.101
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.050
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
ix: $0.202
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.100

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.

Mosaic Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.050 against $0.101 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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