HopX vs Prime Sandboxes

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit.

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HopX

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

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

HopX
Prime Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Isolation
HopX: Firecracker microVM
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
HopX: Pay as you go
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
HopX: Per second
Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
HopX: No limit
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
HopX: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
HopX: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
HopX: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
HopX: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
HopX: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

HopX
Prime Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
HopX: $0.083
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
HopX: $0.166
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
HopX: $0.331
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

HopX fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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