ix vs Prized Sandboxes

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 22, 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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Prized Sandboxes

Linux microVMs in beta that your code creates, runs commands in, pauses, forks and deletes.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $30 credit, one time
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Prized Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Prized Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Prized Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20
Isolation: ix: Full VM; Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: ix: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: ix: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop: ix: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation: ix: Full VM; Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU: ix: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: No
Snapshots: ix:; Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: ix: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Prized Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: ix: $0.050; Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: ix: $0.101; Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: ix: $0.202; Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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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 want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.130 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need pause and resume.

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