Figment vs VPSSpark: Mac Hosting Compared

Direct verdict

VPSSpark lists its base Mac mini M4 (16 GB RAM, 256 GB storage) at $108.90/month, with daily, weekly, and quarterly cadences and five regions (Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, US East, US West). An annual prepayment price and any setup fees are not published on the page we read.

Figment's M-series Mac starts from $95/month; the exact chip, RAM, and storage are confirmed in the quote. That is an entry-price gap of $13.90/month at the floor — not a like-for-like hardware saving, because Figment's $95 tier is not a verified M4/16 GB/256 GB match.

If you need ARM execution or a current Xcode, request a Figment M-series quote. If you need managed CI work — pipeline setup, backups, monitoring, and a named support allowance on one M-series Mac — Figment's Managed Build Mac is $249/month. If your project builds on Intel with a supported Xcode, Figment's virtual Intel macOS VM at $29/month (2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM, 80 GiB disk) is the cheapest entry point.

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Published plan, term and effective cost

Figures below come from the VPSSpark homepage (read 2026-11-10) and the current Figment product offers.

Tax and fees apply as stated in each provider's actual checkout. Do not treat $95 as an M4/16 GB match; it is Figment's M-series entry price.

Entry-price projection (floor assumption)

If Figment's quoted spec comes in above $95, redo the projection with the quoted number. These are entry prices, not identical configurations.

Hardware, access and toolchain fit

VPSSpark advertises physical Mac mini M4 hardware across five regions with a dedicated IPv4 and 1 Gbps bandwidth per the homepage copy. Access details (SSH, VNC, console, OS image) should be confirmed in the VPSSpark dashboard or pre-sales — the homepage alone does not spell out the exact access path for each region.

Figment's $29 virtual Intel macOS runs macOS under KVM on Intel hardware. It is a working Mac environment — not a jump host to another machine — and can build, test, and sign targets using compatible Intel Mac toolchains, including supported Xcode 26-or-earlier versions. It has no GPU acceleration and no audio; choose a physical M-series Mac for ARM execution, GPU-heavy workloads, visionOS, or Xcode 27. Figment physical plans (i3 at $49, M-series from $95) collect requests until supply is confirmed.

Per Apple's Xcode system requirements (read 2026-11-10): Xcode 27.x requires Apple silicon and macOS Tahoe 26.6+; Xcode 16.4 runs on both Intel and Apple silicon under macOS Sequoia 15.3 through Tahoe 26.1.x; earlier Xcode versions each have their own macOS range. Check the exact Xcode/macOS pair you need before picking a host — visionOS specifically needs Apple silicon.

Buyer test: pick the region and prove the build

Before committing on either side, run two short tests.

1. Latency from your CI network to the candidate host. Run this on the machine that triggers your builds (CI agent or developer laptop), not the Mac itself:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
HOSTS=("your-vpsspark-host.example" "your-figment-host.example")
for H in "${HOSTS[@]}"; do
  echo "== $H =="
  ping -c 10 "$H" | tail -2
done

2. Clean build on the candidate Mac. Use your workspace and your existing scheme name — do not invent one. This example is unexecuted; it is a shape to adapt, not a benchmark result.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
SCHEME="<your real scheme here>"
WORKSPACE="/path/to/YourApp.xcworkspace"
sw_vers
time xcodebuild clean build \
  -workspace "$WORKSPACE" \
  -scheme "$SCHEME" \
  -destination 'generic/platform=iOS' \
  CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO

A failed build is never a "fast" result; set -euo pipefail exits non-zero so you cannot time a broken run as a win. Repeat three times and compare medians.

VPSSpark-to-Figment migration worksheet

Before you cancel VPSSpark

• Request a Figment M-series quote at /mac-hosting/start. Lock in chip, RAM, storage, region, and monthly price in writing.
• Inventory tools on the VPSSpark host: brew list --formula > brew.txt, brew list --cask > casks.txt, ls /Applications | grep -i Xcode > xcode.txt.
• Export signing certificates as encrypted .p12 files from Keychain Access (right-click → Export → Personal Information Exchange, strong password). Do not export the whole keychain and do not keep the passphrase in a plaintext file.
• Copy provisioning profile files from ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/ to your artifact store.
• Record the names of required secrets. Do not dump env — it can leak keys. Values stay in your secret manager.
• Note the VPSSpark host IPv4. Update your own CI service, artifact store, or firewall allowlists after cut-over; no Apple App Store Connect IP allowlist needs to be touched.

On the Figment host after provisioning

• Install Homebrew, then brew install $(cat brew.txt) and brew install --cask $(cat casks.txt).
• Install the exact Xcode version your project targets from developer.apple.com/download.
• Import the .p12 into a project-specific keychain, add that keychain to the user's search list without removing the defaults, and restore it after the job.
• Drop provisioning profiles back into ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/.
• Restore secret values via your secret manager.
• Run the clean-build test above. Only cancel VPSSpark after one full green build and one green CI run on the Figment host.

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