Figment vs JUUZ Cloud: Mac Hosting Compared

Direct answer: if you need an Apple silicon Mac today and a published monthly price, JUUZ Cloud's only in-stock plan is the Mac mini M1 8 GB at €79/month from its Amsterdam datacenter (juuz.com pricing); every newer M4, M5 Pro and M6 tier is marked on request, and its Intel Mac mini is sold out. Figment's M-series Mac starts at $95/month USD as a request-based configuration, and we also offer a virtual Intel macOS instance (2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM, 80 GiB disk) at $29/month for Intel-toolchain work. Start at /mac-hosting/start.

Published plans and effective prices

JUUZ Cloud runs Mac mini servers in Amsterdam with month-to-month cancellation, 24/7 support, and credentials delivered in 1–2 hours. Pricing captured from juuz.com/cloud/mac-os-cloud-server on 2026-11-10:

Mac Studio builds (M1 Max through M5 Max, up to 128 GB) are listed without per-row prices; ask JUUZ for a quote. JUUZ's page lists root via sudo, fixed IP, SSH and VNC. No annual prepayment, setup fee, discount, or uptime SLA is published on the page we checked.

Figment's monthly retail offers in USD:

Physical i3 and M-series plans collect requests until supply is confirmed, and specific chip, RAM and disk at the $95 tier are agreed in the quote. Tax and fees are whatever your invoice shows. There is no published trial; ask the team for an evaluation arrangement if that matters.

Currency and entry-price math. At the ECB reference rate on 2026-11-10, 1 EUR = 1.1214 USD, so €79 ≈ $88.59 before card or bank fees. That makes JUUZ's in-stock M1 8 GB about $6/month lower than Figment's $95 M-series entry price. This is an entry-price comparison only: the $95 Figment tier is not advertised as an M1 8 GB match, and JUUZ's newer M4/M5/M6 tiers are priced on request. For equal hardware, request both quotes and compare the configurations side by side.

Hardware, access and toolchain fit

JUUZ Cloud's M1 is Apple silicon and will run current Xcode releases on the macOS versions Apple supports. Figment's M-series is Apple silicon too. For Xcode-version planning, use Apple's live matrix: Xcode system requirements. Xcode 27 requires Apple silicon on macOS Tahoe 26.6 or later; check the exact row for your Xcode 26 point release before choosing a macOS image.

Figment's $29 virtual Intel macOS runs on Linux/KVM with no GPU acceleration and no audio. It runs Intel Mac toolchains and supported Xcode 26-or-earlier versions on the appropriate macOS pair; it is a working macOS desktop reachable through a browser console, not a bridge to a separate Mac. If you need Apple silicon execution, visionOS simulators, Metal/GPU work, or Xcode 27, choose an M-series plan.

JUUZ provides SSH, VNC and a fixed IP on its listed plans. Figment's VM access is the browser console today; outbound CI agents from the VM can connect to your own runner service. Confirm inbound access requirements in the quote.

Data location. JUUZ is Amsterdam. Figment confirms region when you submit a request; state your residency requirement in the first message.

Benchmark your own project before switching

Neither JUUZ nor Figment publishes third-party build benchmarks we could verify, and neither page we checked states an uptime SLA. Measure with your real project rather than trusting a headline. The script below is an unexecuted example, not a reported result:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Clean-build timing on a candidate Mac using YOUR project.
set -euo pipefail
PROJ="${1:?path to .xcodeproj or .xcworkspace}"
SCHEME="${2:?scheme name from your project}"
DEST="${3:-generic/platform=iOS Simulator}"

echo "host: $(uname -m)  cpu: $(sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string 2>/dev/null || echo n/a)"
xcodebuild -version | head -1
/usr/bin/time -p xcodebuild \
  -project "$PROJ" -scheme "$SCHEME" \
  -destination "$DEST" clean build

set -e makes the script exit on the first failure, so a broken build cannot be mis-reported as a fast run. Run three passes on each candidate and compare medians on the same Xcode version.

JUUZ Cloud to Figment migration checklist

Before you cancel JUUZ:

• Export signing certificates from Keychain Access as encrypted .p12 files with their private keys; store the passphrase separately from the file.
• Copy provisioning profiles from ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/ — they are plain .mobileprovision files, not Keychain items.
• List the names of required secrets (API keys, App Store Connect key IDs, Fastlane match passwords) and restore their values on the new host through your secret manager. Do not dump the environment to a plaintext file.
• Push Fastlane lanes, Matchfile, Gymfile and any shell helpers to version control.
• Record the JUUZ fixed IP, hostname, timezone and any cron jobs.
• Update only the allowlists you control: your CI service, artifact store, VPN or webhook receivers. There is no generic App Store Connect or TestFlight IP allowlist to edit.
• Pull build artefacts and logs before cancelling; JUUZ does not publish a post-cancellation retention policy on the page we checked.

On the new Figment M-series Mac:

• Confirm the macOS and Xcode pair against Apple's requirements page.
• Install Xcode, import the .p12 bundles into Keychain, and drop profiles back into ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/.
• Restore secrets from your secret manager.
• Re-run the clean-build script above and compare with your JUUZ baseline.

Pick a Figment plan

Submit your configuration at /mac-hosting/start. See the full product page at /mac-hosting.

Related reading:

• Figment vs JustMac: Mac Hosting Compared
• Figment vs Keyweb: Mac Hosting Compared
• Managed vs Self-Managed Mac Hosting: What to Choose