ix vs OmniRun

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. OmniRun runs Firecracker microVMs.

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

OmniRun

Sandboxes on Firecracker microVMs, self-hosted or managed.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site OmniRun profile

What is different

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

Field

OmniRun

Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; OmniRun: Up to 3
Isolation: ix: Full VM; OmniRun: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; OmniRun: TypeScript

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; OmniRun: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; OmniRun: Not listed
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; OmniRun: Not listed
Free tier: ix: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; OmniRun: Not listed
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; OmniRun: Not listed

Limits

Max session: ix: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed
Idle stop: ix: Not listed; OmniRun: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; OmniRun: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; OmniRun: Up to 3

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License: ix: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed
BYOC: ix: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

OmniRun

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: ix: $0.050; OmniRun: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: ix: $0.101; OmniRun: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: ix: $0.202; OmniRun: Not listed

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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 need snapshots.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

OmniRun fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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