Figment vs HostPro: Mac Hosting Compared

If you are evaluating HostPro, Figment is a direct alternative. Figment's M-series Mac starts at $95/month USD on a request basis, with an Intel macOS VM at $29/month, a physical Intel Mac at $49/month and managed-CI plans at $249 and $999/month. HostPro's currently orderable Mac is the Mac mini M6 at €160/month EUR on its Black Friday 2026 promotion, with a listed regular price of €200/month (hostpro.ua/en/mac-mini-server). Different chips, different currencies — the sections below give the published numbers, the Xcode fit and a worksheet to turn two quotes into one decision.

Published Plans and Effective Prices

HostPro operates Mac hardware in Poland and Ukraine. On 10 November 2026, one plan accepts new orders on hostpro.ua/en/mac-mini-server:

Provisioning is stated as between 2 and 72 hours, and remote access is described as VNC (Screen Sharing). A setup fee, a minimum contract length, an annual-prepayment discount and an uptime SLA are not stated on this HostPro page in the version we read — absence on the page is not proof the terms do not exist. Ask HostPro to confirm each one in writing before signing.

Figment's published USD plans (retail, monthly):

The physical Intel and M-series plans currently collect requests until supply is confirmed, so start at /mac-hosting/start to get a chip, delivery window and any term pricing in writing. No free trial, setup fee or annual-prepayment discount is listed in Figment's published facts; whether one is available on your contract is a question for the quote.

Entry price, not equal hardware. Figment's $95 is an unspecified M-series entry; HostPro's €160 BF promo (€200 regular) is a 12-core M6 with 16 GB / 256 GB. Different specifications. Converting at the ECB reference rate on 2026-11-10 of 1 EUR = 1.1214 USD (ecb.europa.eu euro foreign exchange reference rates), €160 ≈ $179.42 and €200 ≈ $224.28 before any bank or card fee. Figment's entry price is lower; whether the hardware quoted to you matches an M6 with 16 GB / 256 GB is a question to resolve against the Figment quote, not the $95 headline.

Hardware, Access and Toolchain Fit

HostPro's M6 and Figment's M-series are both Apple silicon. Figment's $29 Intel macOS VM is a real macOS environment running on Linux/KVM — no GPU acceleration, no audio — and runs Intel-compatible Mac toolchains. Commands run in the VM's desktop terminal through the browser console, and outbound CI agents can register with your runner service from inside the VM. Choose M-series when you need ARM execution, the Apple GPU, or a future Xcode 27 release.

Current Xcode-and-macOS pairs from Apple's release table (developer.apple.com/xcode/system-requirements):

• Xcode 16 through 16.3 run on macOS Sonoma 14.5 through Sequoia 15.x.
• Xcode 16.4 runs on macOS Sequoia 15.3 through Tahoe 26.1.x.
• Xcode 26.0 through 26.3 require macOS Sequoia 15.6 or Tahoe 26.x.
• Xcode 26.4.1, 26.5 and 26.6 require macOS Tahoe 26.2 or later.
• Xcode 27 is not listed as released in the table we read.
• visionOS simulators require Apple silicon at every Xcode version.

Apple's porting guide gives the Intel toolchain rule explicitly: Intel Macs must use Xcode 26 or an earlier release (Porting your macOS apps to Apple silicon). macOS Tahoe itself is a separate question: Apple's compatibility list includes certain Intel Macs — MacBook Pro 2019 and 2020, iMac 2020 and Mac Pro 2019 — alongside the Apple silicon models (Apple Support HT122867). Tahoe on Intel is possible; Xcode 27 on Intel is not.

For HostPro's M6 you can target current Xcode releases, including Xcode 26.4.1+ on Tahoe. For Figment's $29 Intel VM, map your minimum Xcode version against the table above and confirm in the quote which macOS image will be installed — Figment's VM is being provisioned on Sequoia, which pairs with Xcode 16 and Xcode 26.0–26.3 but not with Xcode 26.4.1+.

HostPro's page describes remote access as VNC (Screen Sharing); whether SSH is enabled for your account for headless CI is something to confirm with HostPro. Figment's VM is reached through its browser console, and any additional access method for a physical Mac should be confirmed in your quote.

Two-Quote Worksheet (HostPro vs Figment)

Fill this in with the two quotes you actually receive. It is the unique artefact of this page — bring it to the decision meeting instead of the marketing numbers.

1. HostPro base monthly, EUR: _____ (M6 BF2026 promo = €160; M6 regular = €200).
2. HostPro add-ons, EUR: backup +€10 if taken; any other line item on your invoice.
3. HostPro effective monthly, EUR: line 1 + line 2.
4. HostPro USD estimate: line 3 × 1.1214 (ECB reference rate 2026-11-10, approximate, before any bank or card fee).
5. Figment monthly, USD: $29 VM, $49 i3, $95+ M-series, $249 Managed Build Mac, or $999 Managed Mac Team.
6. Monthly delta, USD: line 5 minus line 4. Negative means Figment is cheaper on these entries; positive means HostPro is cheaper on the quoted plan.
7. One-time switching cost, USD: engineer hours × hourly rate, plus any parallel-running month.
8. Break-even months: line 7 ÷ absolute value of line 6. Use real numbers — $109 of switching work recouped at $14/month is 7.79 months, not two.

Worked example at 2026-11-10: HostPro M6 regular €200 ≈ $224.28; Figment M-series entry $95; delta ≈ $129.28/month on entry price only. If the quoted Figment M-series comes in above $95 because you specify 16 GB / 256 GB and a particular chip, substitute that quoted price into line 5 before you compute the break-even.

HostPro-to-Figment Migration Checklist

Work through this on the HostPro machine before you cancel.

Export from HostPro:

• In Keychain Access, right-click each distribution and development certificate and export each as an encrypted .p12 with a strong passphrase stored separately from the file. Private keys travel inside the .p12.
• Copy provisioning profiles from ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/*.mobileprovision to secure storage — they are plain files, not Keychain items.
• Record the names of secrets you use (API keys, App Store Connect key IDs, notarization credentials). Re-inject the values on Figment through your team's secret manager; do not export environment variables to a plaintext file.
• Push Fastlane lanes, Matchfile, Gymfile, build scripts and any cron or launchd jobs to version control.
• Note hostname, external IP and timezone on the HostPro machine.
• Update allowlists you control — artifact store, Git host, CI service, Slack webhooks — to accept the new Figment IP once you have it.

Stand up on Figment:

• Confirm the macOS version installed on the delivered Mac or VM matches the Xcode release you plan to run before you install Xcode.
• Install Xcode from the Mac App Store or developer.apple.com; do not copy an Xcode.app bundle between machines.
• Import .p12 files into Keychain Access and copy profiles into ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/.
• Restore secret values from your secret manager.
• Run one clean build of your own project with your own scheme, three times, and record time xcodebuild … wall-clock numbers — your project is the benchmark that matters, and a failed build is not a benchmark result.
• Repoint DNS, CI runner registrations and any hardcoded hostnames.

Choose the Right Figment Plan

Start at /mac-hosting/start. Exact hardware, delivery window and any term pricing are confirmed in the written quote.

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