Hoplite
Ranked 23 of 41 coding agents by recommenders
Cloud coding agents with per-thread VMs for isolation, no markup on token costs; $99 per seat monthly is steep for personal use.
Cloud coding agents with per-thread VMs for isolation, no markup on token costs; $99 per seat monthly is steep for personal use.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 72%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Promising, responds to feedback
“It resolves the issues you raised here.”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: What cloud agents do you use?” “yours looks really promising”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Expensive for personal use
“I think your 99/seat/mo model is fine for professional work, but it's a lot to commit to for personal work.”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents” “The pricing seems draconian”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents” “credibility will swing on whether they deliver rock-solid integrations and if the pricing scales reasonably”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents” Poor fit for mature infrastructure
“there's no way you can port any somewhat mature infra stack”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents” “some of your architecture decisions are fundamentally incompatible with”
Comment from 8 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents” “any team with any sort of infra support likely won't buy your product”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents” Website text reads as AI-generated
“showing an actual screenshot or video of your app is a much better indicator of effort than a generic Claude made animation”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents” “Your website text reads like Claude slop”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents”
Other coding agents people recommend
The four most recommended other coding agents, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 571 | 993 | 37% | 12 | 1 yr46 owners | — |
| oh-my-pi | 104 | 28 | 79% | 9 | 2 mo5 owners | Approved |
| Grok Build CLI | 66 | 114 | 37% | 6 | — | — |
| DeepSeek Harness | 63 | 28 | 69% | 4 | 1 mo5 owners | Approved |
| HopliteThis page | 13 | 5 | 72% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
20 of the 22 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“credibility will swing on whether they deliver rock-solid integrations and if the pricing scales reasonably”
“some of your architecture decisions are fundamentally incompatible with”
“the per thread VM model makes sense for isolation”
“The pricing seems draconian”
“We can certainly win at the first, are at parity with the second, and likely struggle at the third”
“trades a lot of free improvement for control you may not need yet”
“The code is not working for me.”
“any team with any sort of infra support likely won't buy your product”
“there's no way you can port any somewhat mature infra stack”
“Hoplite favours the latter a bit more”
“What’s the experience like going from an active on-going thread to a cloud-hosted one?”
“Your website text reads like Claude slop”
“easier onboarding and a more polished experience”
“I think your 99/seat/mo model is fine for professional work, but it's a lot to commit to for personal work.”
“I'd recommend setting up an automation to fix Sentry/PostHog issues”
“yours looks really promising”
“showing an actual screenshot or video of your app is a much better indicator of effort than a generic Claude made animation”
“we do not upcharge on token or sandbox costs”
“It resolves the issues you raised here.”
“I recall I enjoyed Hoplite, Data Wing, Mini Metro, Super Mario Run”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.