exe.dev vs HopX

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour and HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

exe.dev

Disposable VMs for AI agents, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session: Not listed

Visit site exe.dev profile

HopX

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

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

Visit site HopX profile

What is different

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

Field

exe.dev

HopX

vCPU, per hour: exe.dev: $0.0525; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: exe.dev: Included; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: exe.dev: $15 / month; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: exe.dev: Bundled machine time; HopX: Per second
Isolation: exe.dev: Full VM; HopX: Firecracker microVM
Integrations: exe.dev: Claude Code; HopX: MCP

Full comparison

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: exe.dev: $0.0525; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: exe.dev: Included; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: exe.dev: $15 / month; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: exe.dev: Bundled machine time; HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session: exe.dev: Not listed; HopX: No limit
Idle stop: exe.dev: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox: exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: exe.dev: Not listed; HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: exe.dev: Full VM; HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU: exe.dev: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Snapshots: exe.dev: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Pause and resume: exe.dev: Not listed; HopX:

Developer

SDKs: exe.dev: Not listed; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: exe.dev: Claude Code; HopX: MCP

Trust

License: exe.dev: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
BYOC: exe.dev: Enterprise plan; HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

exe.dev

HopX

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: exe.dev: $0.053; HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: exe.dev: $0.105; HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: exe.dev: $0.210; HopX: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.105 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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 pause and resume.

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