HopX vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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HopX

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

Tensorlake Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, $0 forever
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

HopX
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Billing
HopX: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Isolation
HopX: Firecracker microVM
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
HopX: Pay as you go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
HopX: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
HopX: No limit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
HopX: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
HopX: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
HopX: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
HopX: MCP
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
HopX: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
HopX: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

HopX
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
HopX: $0.083
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
HopX: $0.166
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
HopX: $0.331
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

HopX fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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