Depot Agent Sandboxes vs ix

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers. ix runs full VMs.

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

ix

Cloud VMs with up to 100 vCPUs, billed by usage.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site ix profile

What is different

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

Field

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Paid plan from: Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month; ix: Pay as you go
Isolation: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container; ix: Full VM

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Depot Agent Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

ixix.dev/docs/pricingix.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: $0.0108
Storage: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Paid plan from: Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Idle stop: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container; ix: Full VM
GPU: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Snapshots: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix:
Pause and resume: Depot Agent Sandboxes:; ix: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: MCP

Trust

License: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
BYOC: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Depot Agent Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: $0.202

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Depot Agent Sandboxes fits when

You need pause and resume.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

ix fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use MCP.
You need snapshots.

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