HopX vs RemoteHost

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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HopX

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

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

HopX
RemoteHost
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
HopX: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
HopX: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Max session
HopX: No limit
RemoteHost: 72 hours
SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
RemoteHost: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
HopX: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
HopX: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
HopX: No limit
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
HopX: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
HopX: Not listed
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
HopX: Not listed
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
HopX: MCP
RemoteHost: MCP

Trust

License
HopX: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
HopX: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

HopX
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
HopX: $0.083
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
HopX: $0.166
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
HopX: $0.331
RemoteHost: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

HopX fits when

  • A session must run longer than 72 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

RemoteHost fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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