HopX vs Shellbox

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Shellbox costs $0.01 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Shellbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

HopX

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

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

Visit site HopX profile

Shellbox

Linux microVMs for developers and AI agents, made and controlled over SSH.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Shellbox profile

What is different

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

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HopX

Shellbox

vCPU, per hour: HopX: $0.0504; Shellbox: $0.01
RAM, per GiB-hour: HopX: $0.0162; Shellbox: Included
Storage: HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour; Shellbox: A stopped box costs $0.50 per x1 slot per month
Billing: HopX: Per second; Shellbox: Bundled machine time
Integrations: HopX: MCP; Shellbox: Claude Code

Full comparison

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HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Shellboxshellbox.dev/#pricingshellbox.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: HopX: $0.0504; Shellbox: $0.01
RAM, per GiB-hour: HopX: $0.0162; Shellbox: Included
Storage: HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour; Shellbox: A stopped box costs $0.50 per x1 slot per month
Free tier: HopX: $200 credit; Shellbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: HopX: Pay as you go; Shellbox: Pay as you go
Billing: HopX: Per second; Shellbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: HopX: No limit; Shellbox: No limit
Idle stop: HopX: Not listed; Shellbox: After 2 minutes
Largest sandbox: HopX: Not listed; Shellbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: HopX: Not listed; Shellbox: Up to 16

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: HopX: Python, JavaScript; Shellbox: Not listed
Integrations: HopX: MCP; Shellbox: Claude Code

Trust

License: HopX: Not listed; Shellbox: Not listed
BYOC: HopX: Not listed; Shellbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

HopX

Shellbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: HopX: $0.083; Shellbox: $0.010
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: HopX: $0.166; Shellbox: $0.020
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: HopX: $0.331; Shellbox: $0.040

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

HopX fits when

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

Shellbox fits when

You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.020 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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