Agent Sandbox vs HopX

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Agent Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session
Not listed

HopX

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

What is different

4 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Agent Sandbox
HopX
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
HopX: $200 credit
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
HopX: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
HopX: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: $0.0162
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
HopX: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: No limit
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Snapshots
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Pause and resume
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX:

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: MCP

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
HopX
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

HopX fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $10.
  • You need pause and resume.

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