HopX vs Novita Sandbox

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.

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HopX

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

Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

HopX
Novita Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Max session
HopX: No limit
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
HopX: Pay as you go
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
HopX: Per second
Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
HopX: No limit
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
HopX: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
HopX: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
HopX: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
HopX: Firecracker microVM
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU
HopX: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
HopX: Not listed
Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume
HopX:
Novita Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
HopX: MCP
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
HopX: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
HopX: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

HopX
Novita Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
HopX: $0.083
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
HopX: $0.166
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
HopX: $0.331
Novita Sandbox: $0.233

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

HopX fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $100.
  • You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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