boat vs HopX

boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour and HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. boat runs full VMs and has no session limit. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

boat

Persistent Ubuntu VMs with SSH, Docker and a desktop.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free trial with 25 hours
Max session: No limit

Visit site boat 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

boat

HopX

vCPU, per hour: boat: $0.009; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: boat: Included; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: boat: Free; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: boat: Free trial with 25 hours; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: boat: $20 / month; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: boat: Bundled machine time; HopX: Per second
Isolation: boat: Full VM; HopX: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; HopX: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

boatdocs.boat.dev/pricingdocs.boat.dev

HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boat: $0.009; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: boat: Included; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: boat: Free; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: boat: Free trial with 25 hours; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: boat: $20 / month; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: boat: Bundled machine time; HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session: boat: No limit; HopX: No limit
Idle stop: boat: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox: boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: boat: Up to 2,000; HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: boat: Full VM; HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU: boat: No; HopX: Not listed
Snapshots: boat:; HopX: Not listed
Pause and resume: boat:; HopX:

Developer

SDKs: boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: boat: MCP; HopX: MCP

Trust

License: boat: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
BYOC: boat: Not listed; HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boat

HopX

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boat: $0.009; HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boat: $0.018; HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boat: $0.036; HopX: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boat fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.018 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

HopX fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

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