Agent Sandbox vs DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Agent Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session
Not listed

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

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.

Agent Sandbox
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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