HopX vs tama

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

HopX

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

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

Visit site HopX profile

tama

Linux VMs with GPUs, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site tama profile

What is different

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

Field

HopX

tama

vCPU, per hour: HopX: $0.0504; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: HopX: $0.0162; tama: $0.0055
Storage: HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Isolation: HopX: Firecracker microVM; tama: Full VM
SDKs: HopX: Python, JavaScript; tama: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: HopX: $0.0504; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: HopX: $0.0162; tama: $0.0055
Storage: HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: HopX: $200 credit; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: HopX: Pay as you go; tama: Not listed
Billing: HopX: Per second; tama: Per second

Limits

Max session: HopX: No limit; tama: Not listed
Idle stop: HopX: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox: HopX: Not listed; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: HopX: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: HopX: Firecracker microVM; tama: Full VM
GPU: HopX: Not listed; tama:
Snapshots: HopX: Not listed; tama:
Pause and resume: HopX:; tama:

Developer

SDKs: HopX: Python, JavaScript; tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: HopX: MCP; tama: Not listed

Trust

License: HopX: Not listed; tama: Not listed
BYOC: HopX: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

HopX

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: HopX: $0.083; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: HopX: $0.166; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: HopX: $0.331; tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

HopX fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP.
You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

tama fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

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