Self-hosted HopX alternatives
14 self-hosted sandbox providers you can use instead of HopX. Declaw has the same list price. Containarium Cloud has the lowest hourly price, $0.040 for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
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HopX, for reference
HopXFirecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.
IsolationFirecracker
2 vCPU · 4 GiB$0.166 / hr
Free tier$200 credit
Max sessionNo limit
14 self-hosted alternatives to HopX
Sorted by hourly price for 2 vCPU · 4 GiB, low to high
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Containarium Cloud
Hosted Linux boxes for AI agents, reached over SSH.ContainerLower vCPU priceFree tier$0.040per hour
$0.060per hour
boxd
Persistent Linux machines for devs and AI agents.MicroVMLower vCPU priceFork, snapshots, and checkpoints$0.150per hour
BoxLite Cloud
Hosted microVM boxes for AI agents, with an SDK.MicroVMLower RAM priceDisabled on Cloud$0.158per hour
microsandbox cloud
Hosted microVM sandboxes for AI agents and untrusted code.MicroVMLower vCPU priceDisk only, from stopped persistent sandboxes$0.165per hour
$0.166per hour
$0.166per hour
Leap0
Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI-generated code.Same list priceFirecrackerMemory and disk state$0.166per hour
Superserve
Firecracker microVM sandboxes that pause and resume.Same list priceFirecrackerSOC 2 Type II$0.166per hour
PandaStack Sandbox
Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.Bills active CPU onlyFirecracker$5.40 usage credit every month$0.173per hour
LangSmith Sandboxes
Isolated sandboxes for running agent-generated code.FirecrackerFrom Docker images or running sandboxes4 regions$0.189per hour
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Vers
Linux computers you can branch, checkpoint, and restore.Full VMLower vCPU priceCommits and checkpointsNot listedper hour
Side by side
HopX first, then the 14 alternatives
Provider
Isolation
vCPU / hr
GiB / hr
Free tier
Max session
GPU
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $200 credit
- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- $0.020
- Free tier
- Free tier
- Isolation
- gVisor
- vCPU / hr
- Included
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.047
- Free tier
- $30 credit
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $100 credit
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- Free plan
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $100 credit
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- $100 credit
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- Free during public preview
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.050
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.054
- Free tier
- $5.40 / month
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- $0.058
- Free tier
- 8 LSU a month
- Isolation
- Firecracker
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Isolation
- Container
- vCPU / hr
- Not listed
- Free tier
- None
- Isolation
- Full VM
- vCPU / hr
- $0.040
- Free tier
- Starting credit