HopX vs Runloop

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Runloop runs microVMs.

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HopX

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

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

HopX
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
Runloop: $50 credit
Isolation
HopX: Firecracker microVM
Runloop: MicroVM
SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
HopX: MCP
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
HopX: Pay as you go
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
HopX: Per second
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
HopX: No limit
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
HopX: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
HopX: Not listed
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
HopX: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
HopX: MCP
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
HopX: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
HopX: Not listed
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

HopX
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
HopX: $0.083
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
HopX: $0.166
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
HopX: $0.331
Runloop: $0.634

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

HopX fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $50.
  • You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

Runloop fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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