ix vs Thunder Sandboxes

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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

Visit site ix profile

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolated, short-lived sandboxes for agents, GPU optional.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Thunder Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Thunder Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Thunder Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation: ix: Full VM; Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier: ix: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: ix: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: ix: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Thunder Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: ix: $0.050; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: ix: $0.101; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: ix: $0.202; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

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