ix vs StateSet Sandbox

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

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ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

ix
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
ix: None
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation
ix: Full VM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
ix: MCP
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
ix: None
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
ix: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
ix: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
ix: Full VM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
ix: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
ix:
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
ix: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
ix: MCP
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
ix: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
ix: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

ix
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
ix: $0.050
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
ix: $0.101
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
ix: $0.202
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.101 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need pause and resume.

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