boxes.dev vs HopX

boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour and HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

boxes.dev

Cloud computers for Claude Code and Codex.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Max session: Not listed

Visit site boxes.dev 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

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

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boxes.dev

HopX

vCPU, per hour: boxes.dev: $0.1875; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxes.dev: Included; HopX: $0.0162
Free tier: boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: boxes.dev: $19 / month; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: boxes.dev: Bundled machine time; HopX: Per second

Full comparison

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HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boxes.dev: $0.1875; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxes.dev: Included; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: boxes.dev: Not listed; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: boxes.dev: $19 / month; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: boxes.dev: Bundled machine time; HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session: boxes.dev: Not listed; HopX: No limit
Idle stop: boxes.dev: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox: boxes.dev: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: boxes.dev: Up to 10; HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: boxes.dev: Not listed; HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU: boxes.dev: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Snapshots: boxes.dev:; HopX: Not listed
Pause and resume: boxes.dev:; HopX:

Developer

SDKs: boxes.dev: Not listed; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: boxes.dev: Not listed; HopX: MCP

Trust

License: boxes.dev: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
BYOC: boxes.dev: Not listed; HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boxes.dev

HopX

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boxes.dev: $0.188; HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boxes.dev: $0.375; HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boxes.dev: $0.750; HopX: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxes.dev fits when

You need snapshots.

HopX fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.375 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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