HopX vs StateSet Sandbox

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

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HopX

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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

HopX
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Max session
HopX: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Isolation
HopX: Firecracker microVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
HopX: MCP
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
HopX: Pay as you go
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
HopX: Per second
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
HopX: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
HopX: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
HopX: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
HopX: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
HopX: MCP
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
HopX: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
HopX: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

HopX
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
HopX: $0.083
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
HopX: $0.166
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
HopX: $0.331
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

HopX fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $25.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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