Blaxel vs HopX

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Blaxel

Sandboxes that pause when idle and resume with state.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Credit of up to $200
Max session: No limit

Visit site Blaxel 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

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

Field

Blaxel

HopX

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; HopX: $200 credit
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; HopX: Per second
Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; HopX: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; HopX: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session: Blaxel: No limit; HopX: No limit
Idle stop: Blaxel: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Blaxel: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Blaxel: Not listed; HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Blaxel: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Snapshots: Blaxel:; HopX: Not listed
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; HopX:

Developer

SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; HopX: MCP

Trust

License: Blaxel: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
BYOC: Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC; HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

HopX

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; HopX: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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