Freestyle VMs vs HopX

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour and HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Freestyle VMs

Full Linux virtual machines for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free plan, $0 forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Freestyle VMs 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

Freestyle VMs

HopX

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; HopX: Pay as you go
Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; HopX: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK; HopX: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: Freestyle VMs: Per second; HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; HopX: No limit
Idle stop: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Snapshots: Freestyle VMs:; HopX: Not listed
Pause and resume: Freestyle VMs:; HopX:

Developer

SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK; HopX: MCP

Trust

License: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
BYOC: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Freestyle VMs

HopX

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.066; HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.132; HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.264; HopX: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Freestyle VMs fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

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 SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

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