CreateOS Sandbox vs HopX

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

HopX

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

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
HopX
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
HopX: $0.0162
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
HopX: $200 credit
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
HopX: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
HopX: $0.0162
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
HopX: No limit
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
HopX: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
HopX: Not listed
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
HopX:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: MCP

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
HopX
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
HopX: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

HopX fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need SOC 2.

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