ix vs tama

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

tama

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

ix
tama
vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
tama: $0.0055
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
tama: Per second
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
tama: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
tama: $0.0055
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier
ix: Not listed
tama: Not listed
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
tama: Not listed
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
tama: Per second

Limits

Max session
ix: Not listed
tama: Not listed
Idle stop
ix: Not listed
tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
ix: Full VM
tama: Full VM
GPU
ix: Not listed
tama:
Snapshots
ix:
tama:
Pause and resume
ix: Not listed
tama:

Developer

SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
ix: MCP
tama: Not listed

Trust

License
ix: Not listed
tama: Not listed
BYOC
ix: Not listed
tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

ix
tama
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
ix: $0.050
tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
ix: $0.101
tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
ix: $0.202
tama: $0.091

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 32 vCPU · 128 GiB.

tama fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.101 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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