ix vs Superserve

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Superserve runs Firecracker 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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Superserve

Firecracker microVM sandboxes that pause and resume.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Superserve profile

What is different

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

Field

Superserve

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Superserve: $0.0162
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Superserve: Per second
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Isolation: ix: Full VM; Superserve: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: ix: MCP; Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

ixix.dev/docs/pricingix.dev

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Superserve: $0.0162
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: ix: Not listed; Superserve: Not listed
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Superserve: Per second

Limits

Max session: ix: Not listed; Superserve: No limit
Idle stop: ix: Not listed; Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Superserve: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: ix: Full VM; Superserve: Firecracker microVM
GPU: ix: Not listed; Superserve: Not listed
Snapshots: ix:; Superserve:
Pause and resume: ix: Not listed; Superserve:

Developer

SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: ix: MCP; Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License: ix: Not listed; Superserve: Not listed
BYOC: ix: Not listed; Superserve:

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Superserve

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: ix: $0.050; Superserve: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: ix: $0.101; Superserve: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: ix: $0.202; Superserve: $0.331

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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 want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 2 GiB.

Superserve fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You need pause and resume.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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