AgentBay vs DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs.

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AgentBay

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
Not listed

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

AgentBay
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100
Isolation
AgentBay: Container
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
AgentBay: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Idle stop
AgentBay: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
AgentBay: Container
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
GPU
AgentBay: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Snapshots
AgentBay: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
Pause and resume
AgentBay: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:

Developer

SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Claude Code

Trust

License
AgentBay: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
BYOC
AgentBay: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AgentBay
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AgentBay: $0.050
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AgentBay: $0.099
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AgentBay: $0.198
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.099 against $0.126 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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