CoreWeave Sandboxes vs HopX

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour and HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

HopX

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

What is different

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes
HopX
vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
HopX: $0.0162
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
HopX: No limit
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
HopX: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
HopX: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
HopX: $0.0162
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Pay as you go
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
HopX: No limit
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
HopX: Not listed
Snapshots
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
HopX: Not listed
Pause and resume
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX:

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: MCP

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
HopX
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
HopX: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

HopX fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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