Brimble Sandboxes vs HopX

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Brimble Sandboxes

Sandbox product of the Brimble hosting platform that runs code in gVisor containers.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Max session: 6 hours

Visit site Brimble Sandboxes 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

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

Field

Brimble Sandboxes

HopX

Storage: Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month; HopX: Pay as you go
Max session: Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours; HopX: No limit
Isolation: Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor; HopX: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; HopX: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Brimble Sandboxesbrimble.io/pricing

HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: Brimble Sandboxes: Per second; HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session: Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours; HopX: No limit
Idle stop: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15; HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor; HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Snapshots: Brimble Sandboxes:; HopX:
Pause and resume: Brimble Sandboxes:; HopX:

Developer

SDKs: Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; HopX: MCP

Trust

License: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
BYOC: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Brimble Sandboxes

HopX

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Brimble Sandboxes fits when

You use Claude Code.

HopX fits when

A session must run longer than 6 hours.
You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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