Deno Sandbox vs HopX

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

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.

Deno Sandbox
HopX
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
HopX: $0.0162
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
HopX: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
HopX: Per second
Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
HopX: No limit
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
HopX: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
HopX: $0.0162
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
HopX: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
HopX: No limit
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
HopX: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
HopX
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
HopX: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

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

HopX fits when

  • A session must run longer than 30 minutes.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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