HopX vs Islo Sandboxes

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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

Islo Sandboxes

Persistent microVM computers for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Starting credit, no card required
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Islo Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

HopX

Islo Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: HopX: $0.0504; Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: HopX: $0.0162; Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage: HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour; Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: HopX: $200 credit; Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Isolation: HopX: Firecracker microVM; Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs: HopX: Python, JavaScript; Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: HopX: MCP; Islo Sandboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

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HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Islo Sandboxesislo.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: HopX: $0.0504; Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: HopX: $0.0162; Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage: HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour; Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: HopX: $200 credit; Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from: HopX: Pay as you go; Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: HopX: Per second; Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: HopX: Firecracker microVM; Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: HopX: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: HopX: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: HopX:; Islo Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: HopX: Python, JavaScript; Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: HopX: MCP; Islo Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License: HopX: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: HopX: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

HopX

Islo Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: HopX: $0.083; Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: HopX: $0.166; Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: HopX: $0.331; Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

HopX fits when

You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

Islo Sandboxes fits when

You use Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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