Depot Agent Sandboxes vs DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

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

Updated Oct 14, 2026

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

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agents and their code.

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

Visit site DigitalOcean Harness Runtime profile

What is different

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

Field

Depot Agent Sandboxes

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Paid plan from: Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
Isolation: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

Depot Agent Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

DigitalOcean Harness Runtimedigitalocean.com/pricing/harness-runtimedigitalocean.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RAM, per GiB-hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Storage: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Free tier: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Paid plan from: Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
Integrations: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed

Trust

License: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
BYOC: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Depot Agent Sandboxes

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Depot Agent Sandboxes fits when

You need SOC 2 Type II.

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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