boxd vs HopX

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

boxd

Persistent Linux machines for devs and AI agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $30 credit with a payment method
Max session: Not listed

Visit site boxd 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

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

Field

boxd

HopX

vCPU, per hour: boxd: $0.047; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxd: $0.014; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: boxd: $30 credit with a payment method; HopX: $200 credit
Isolation: boxd: MicroVM; HopX: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: boxd: TypeScript, Python; HopX: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

boxdboxd.sh/pricing

HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boxd: $0.047; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxd: $0.014; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: boxd: $30 credit with a payment method; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: boxd: Pay as you go; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: boxd: Per second; HopX: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: boxd: TypeScript, Python; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: boxd: Not listed; HopX: MCP

Trust

License: boxd: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
BYOC: boxd: Custom plan; HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boxd

HopX

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boxd: $0.075; HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boxd: $0.150; HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boxd: $0.300; HopX: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

HopX fits when

You use MCP.
You want the larger free credit: $200 against $30.
You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

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