BoxLite Cloud vs HopX

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

Updated Oct 14, 2026

BoxLite Cloud

Hosted microVM boxes for AI agents, with an SDK.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $100 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site BoxLite Cloud 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

BoxLite Cloud

HopX

RAM, per GiB-hour: BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit; HopX: $200 credit
Isolation: BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM; HopX: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code; HopX: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

BoxLite Clouddocs.boxlite.ai/cloud/pricingdocs.boxlite.ai

HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: BoxLite Cloud: Per second; HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session: BoxLite Cloud: Not listed; HopX: No limit
Idle stop: BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes; HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox: BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB; HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000; HopX: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code; HopX: MCP

Trust

License: BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0; HopX: Not listed
BYOC: BoxLite Cloud: Not listed; HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

BoxLite Cloud

HopX

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: BoxLite Cloud: $0.079; HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: BoxLite Cloud: $0.158; HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: BoxLite Cloud: $0.317; HopX: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxLite Cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.158 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

HopX fits when

You use MCP.
You want the larger free credit: $200 against $100.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

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