ix vs Prime Sandboxes

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Prime Sandboxes runs 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

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Prime Sandboxes

Isolated microVM sandboxes for AI agents and RL.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Prime Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Prime Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Prime Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
Isolation: ix: Full VM; Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

ixix.dev/docs/pricingix.dev

Prime Sandboxesdocs.primeintellect.ai/sandboxes/overviewdocs.primeintellect.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier: ix: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: ix: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: ix: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

Isolation: ix: Full VM; Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: ix: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: ix:; Prime Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: ix: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Prime Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: ix: $0.050; Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: ix: $0.101; Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: ix: $0.202; Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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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.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 64 GiB.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.101 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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