Depot Agent Sandboxes vs HopX

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Depot Agent Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

HopX

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

What is different

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

Depot Agent Sandboxes
HopX
Paid plan from
Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
HopX: Pay as you go
Isolation
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
HopX: Firecracker microVM
Integrations
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Claude Code
HopX: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: $0.0162
Storage
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from
Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
HopX: Pay as you go
Billing
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: No limit
Idle stop
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Snapshots
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
Pause and resume
Depot Agent Sandboxes:
HopX:

Developer

SDKs
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Claude Code
HopX: MCP

Trust

License
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Not listed
BYOC
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Depot Agent Sandboxes fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

HopX fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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