HopX vs Lizard Sandboxes

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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HopX

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

Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

HopX
Lizard Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
HopX: Pay as you go
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
HopX: Per second
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
HopX: MCP
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
HopX: Pay as you go
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
HopX: Per second
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
HopX: No limit
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
HopX: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
HopX: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
HopX: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
HopX: Firecracker microVM
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
HopX: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
HopX: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
HopX:
Lizard Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
HopX: MCP
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
HopX: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
HopX: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

HopX
Lizard Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
HopX: $0.083
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
HopX: $0.166
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
HopX: $0.331
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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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 use MCP.
  • You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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