AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Depot Agent Sandboxes

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Serverless microVMs on AWS that suspend when idle.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 8 hours

Visit site AWS Lambda MicroVMs 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

1 field differs. The rest are the same or not listed.

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws.amazon.com/lambda/pricingaws.amazon.com

Depot Agent Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Billing: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Limits

Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
GPU: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; Depot Agent Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Depot Agent Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.

Depot Agent Sandboxes fits when

You need SOC 2 Type II.

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