ix vs Sendblue Sandboxes

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 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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Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolated cloud Linux machines that AI agents control over an HTTP API.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Sendblue Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Sendblue Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5
Isolation: ix: Full VM; Sendblue Sandboxes: Container

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: ix: Not listed; Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: ix: Not listed; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: ix: Not listed; Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: ix: Full VM; Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
GPU: ix: Not listed; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: ix:; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: ix: Not listed; Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Sendblue Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: ix: $0.050; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: ix: $0.101; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: ix: $0.202; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660

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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 $0.330 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

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