Cloudflare Sandbox vs HopX

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

HopX

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
HopX
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
HopX: $0.0162
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
HopX: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
HopX: Per second
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
HopX: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
HopX: $0.0162
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
HopX: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: No limit
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
HopX: Not listed
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
HopX:

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: MCP

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
HopX
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
HopX: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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 $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.

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