NoMac vs briq

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NoMac compared with briq
Detail	NoMac	briq
What it does	On-demand cloud macOS for AI agents, billed per minute	Cloud sandboxes and services for builders and agents
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	2026	Not given
Based in	Not given	FR
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Pricing	$0.90 per hour, billed per minute. Prepaid credit starts at $10, never expires and needs no subscription. Bigger top-ups add up to 20% bonus credit: $100 buys 133 hours. 7-day money-back guarantee on first purchase.	Hobby (Free): 5 sandboxes & services at once, 16 GB of memory, pico/micro/nano/small/medium sizes, 10 GB disk. Pro (€20/month): €20 usage included monthly, 50 sandboxes & services, 80 GB memory, 5 members, all sizes, 250 GB disk, always-on briqs. Team (€100/month): €100 usage included monthly, 200 s
Key features	Real macOS on Apple M6 or M5 Pro silicon, ready in about a minute Full admin access with no password prompts Xcode 27 preinstalled with Homebrew, Node, Python and CocoaPods iOS Simulator with screenshots and screen recordings Persistent 20 GB encrypted drive between sessions Control via MCP, CLI, API or SSH App Store submissions and TestFlight uploads Secrets management without chat exposure Desktop view and control in browser	Linux sandbox with shell, persistent files and development tools Multiple services: Postgres, Redis, DuckDB, custom OCI images MCP integration with Claude, Cursor, VS Code Environment forking with data preservation Idle workload sleep mode with compute billing pause Private networks with public endpoint selection Spend caps, size limits and concurrency controls per credential Audit log for reviewing all actions
What makes it different	Agents work autonomously without human prompts or permission dialogs Pay only for minutes used, not idle Mac time Complete end-to-end app building and publishing from iOS Simulator to App Store Built-in isolation and security with ephemeral sessions	Built specifically for AI agents with native MCP protocol support Open-source runtime in public development with Rust and Firecracker Integrated services ecosystem with private networking
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	20 −1 (down) since last check	18 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	13	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	28	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	140	24

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