ix vs OpenPond Sandboxes

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and OpenPond Sandboxes costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. OpenPond Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

OpenPond Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

ix
OpenPond Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
ix: None
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10
Isolation
ix: Full VM
OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
ix: None
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
ix: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
ix: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
ix: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
ix: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

ix
OpenPond Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
ix: $0.050
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
ix: $0.101
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
ix: $0.202
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.475

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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.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

OpenPond Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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