Blaxel vs Depot Agent Sandboxes

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Blaxel

Sandboxes that pause when idle and resume with state.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Credit of up to $200
Max session: No limit

Visit site Blaxel 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

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

Field

Blaxel

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

Depot Agent Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Blaxel: No limit; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Blaxel: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Blaxel: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Blaxel: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
GPU: Blaxel: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Blaxel:; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; Depot Agent Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License: Blaxel: Not listed; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

Depot Agent Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You need snapshots.

Depot Agent Sandboxes fits when

You need SOC 2 Type II.

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