ix vs Vercel Sandbox

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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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Vercel Sandbox

Isolated Linux microVMs for running untrusted code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 5 CPU-hours every month
Max session: 24 hours

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What is different

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vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000
Isolation: ix: Full VM; Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: ix: MCP; Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: ix: $0.0288; Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour: ix: $0.0108; Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage: ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored; Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier: ix: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from: ix: Pay as you go; Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing: ix: Active CPU time only; Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: ix: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop: ix: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB; Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: ix: Up to 100; Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust; Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: ix: MCP; Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License: ix: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: ix: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Vercel Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: ix: $0.050; Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: ix: $0.101; Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: ix: $0.202; Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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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 each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
You need pause and resume.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

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