HopX vs Hugging Face Sandboxes

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

HopX

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

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

Visit site HopX profile

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolated cloud machines for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Hugging Face Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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HopX

Hugging Face Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: HopX: $0.0504; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
RAM, per GiB-hour: HopX: $0.0162; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Billing: HopX: Per second; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Max session: HopX: No limit; Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
Isolation: HopX: Firecracker microVM; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs: HopX: Python, JavaScript; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Hugging Face Sandboxeshuggingface.co/docs/hub/jobs-pricinghuggingface.co

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: HopX: $0.0504; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
RAM, per GiB-hour: HopX: $0.0162; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Storage: HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: HopX: $200 credit; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: HopX: Pay as you go; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: HopX: Per second; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: HopX: No limit; Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop: HopX: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox: HopX: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: HopX: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: HopX: Firecracker microVM; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU: HopX: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes:
Snapshots: HopX: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: HopX:; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: HopX: Python, JavaScript; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: HopX: MCP; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: HopX: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: HopX: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

HopX

Hugging Face Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: HopX: $0.083; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: HopX: $0.166; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: HopX: $0.331; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

HopX fits when

A session must run longer than 24 hours.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP.
You need pause and resume.

Hugging Face Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.010 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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