HopX vs Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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HopX

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

HopX
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
HopX: Pay as you go
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Isolation
HopX: Firecracker microVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
HopX: Pay as you go
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing
HopX: Per second
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
HopX: Firecracker microVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
HopX: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
HopX: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
HopX:
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
HopX: MCP
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
HopX: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
HopX: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

HopX
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
HopX: $0.083
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
HopX: $0.166
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
HopX: $0.331
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

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 want the larger free credit: $200 against $5.

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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