Depot Agent Sandboxes vs Modal

Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

Modal

Serverless compute with sandboxes and GPUs.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: $30 credit every month
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Modal profile

What is different

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

Field

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Modal

Paid plan from: Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month; Modal: Pay as you go
Isolation: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container; Modal: gVisor

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Depot Agent Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

Modalmodal.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: $0.024012
Storage: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Free tier: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: $30 credit every month
Paid plan from: Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month; Modal: Pay as you go
Billing: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Per second

Limits

Max session: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: 24 hours
Idle stop: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container; Modal: gVisor
GPU: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal:
Snapshots: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal:
Pause and resume: Depot Agent Sandboxes:; Modal: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Claude Agent SDK

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Modal

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: $0.476

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Depot Agent Sandboxes fits when

You need pause and resume.

Modal fits when

You need GPUs.
You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use the Claude Agent SDK.
You need snapshots.

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