ix vs Tenki Sandbox

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

ix
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
Tenki Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
ix: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
ix: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
ix: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
ix: MCP
Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

License
ix: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
ix: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • 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 16 vCPU · 64 GiB.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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