Depot Agent Sandboxes vs Freestyle VMs

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs.

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Depot Agent Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Freestyle VMs

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Free plan, $0 forever
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Depot Agent Sandboxes
Freestyle VMs
Paid plan from
Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Isolation
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
Freestyle VMs: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Billing
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Per second

Limits

Max session
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Idle stop
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400

Platform

Isolation
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
GPU
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Snapshots
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs:
Pause and resume
Depot Agent Sandboxes:
Freestyle VMs:

Developer

SDKs
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK

Trust

License
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
BYOC
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Depot Agent Sandboxes
Freestyle VMs
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Depot Agent Sandboxes fits when

  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Freestyle VMs fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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