ix vs Novita Sandbox

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.

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ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

ix
Novita Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
ix: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
ix: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
ix: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
ix: Full VM
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU
ix: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
ix:
Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume
ix: Not listed
Novita Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
ix: MCP
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
ix: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
ix: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

ix
Novita Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
ix: $0.050
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
ix: $0.101
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
ix: $0.202
Novita Sandbox: $0.233

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.117 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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