HopX vs Thunder Sandboxes

HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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HopX

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

HopX
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
HopX: $0.0504
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
HopX: $0.0162
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
HopX: $200 credit
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
HopX: Pay as you go
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
HopX: Per second
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
HopX: No limit
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
HopX: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
HopX: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
HopX: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
HopX: Python, JavaScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
HopX: MCP
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
HopX: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
HopX: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

HopX
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
HopX: $0.083
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
HopX: $0.166
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
HopX: $0.331
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.

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