Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Depot Agent Sandboxes

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agent workloads.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox profile

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Cloud sandboxes for running Claude Code sessions.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Depot Agent Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandboxalibabacloud.com/help/en/cs/user-guide/agent-sandboxalibabacloud.com

Depot Agent Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Depot Agent Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Depot Agent Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Depot Agent Sandboxes fits when

You need SOC 2 Type II.

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