Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs HopX

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

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agent workloads.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox profile

HopX

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

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

Visit site HopX profile

What is different

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

Field

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

HopX

Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; HopX: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandboxalibabacloud.com/help/en/cs/user-guide/agent-sandboxalibabacloud.com

HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; HopX: No limit
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; HopX: Not listed
Snapshots: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; HopX: Not listed
Pause and resume: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; HopX:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

HopX

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You need snapshots.

HopX fits when

You use MCP.
You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

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