Depot Agent Sandboxes vs DigitalOcean MicroVMs

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 15, 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 MicroVMs

Lightweight virtual machines that run a container image in their own kernel and pause when idle.

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

Visit site DigitalOcean MicroVMs profile

What is different

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

Field

Depot Agent Sandboxes

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Isolation: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Depot Agent Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

DigitalOcean MicroVMsdocs.digitalocean.com/products/microvms/details/pricingdocs.digitalocean.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Free tier: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from: Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Idle stop: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Integrations: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Claude Code; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Trust

License: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Depot Agent Sandboxes

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Depot Agent Sandboxes fits when

You use Claude Code.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

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

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