ix vs Sandbox0

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. ix runs full VMs. Sandbox0 runs gVisor 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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Sandbox0

Long-running agent sandboxes with durable storage.

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

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What is different

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

Field

Sandbox0

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Sandbox0: Free
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Sandbox0: Memory only
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Sandbox0: Up to 20
Isolation: ix: Full VM; Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations: ix: MCP; Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Sandbox0: Free
Free tier: ix: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session: ix: Not listed; Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop: ix: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation: ix: Full VM; Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU: ix: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots: ix:; Sandbox0:
Pause and resume: ix: Not listed; Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations: ix: MCP; Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License: ix: Not listed; Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC: ix: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Sandbox0

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: ix: $0.050; Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: ix: $0.101; Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: ix: $0.202; Sandbox0: $0.120

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

Sandbox0 fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.101 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.

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