boxd vs Depot Agent Sandboxes

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers.

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boxd

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 credit with a payment method
Max session
Not listed

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

boxd
Depot Agent Sandboxes
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Billing
boxd: Per second
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Limits

Max session
boxd: Not listed
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
boxd: Not listed
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
boxd: Not listed
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
boxd: Not listed
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
boxd: Not listed
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
boxd: Not listed
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
boxd: Custom plan
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
Depot Agent Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd 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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