ix vs Together Sandbox

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

ix
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
Together Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
ix: Full VM
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
ix: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
Together Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
ix: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
ix: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
ix: Full VM
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
ix: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
ix:
Together Sandbox:
Pause and resume
ix: Not listed
Together Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
ix: MCP
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
ix: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
ix: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

ix
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
ix: $0.050
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
ix: $0.101
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
ix: $0.202
Together Sandbox: $0.298

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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 $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need pause and resume.

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