Depot Agent Sandboxes vs Phonebox

Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

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Depot Agent Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Phonebox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$2 starter credit, one time, no card
Max session
3 hours

What is different

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

Depot Agent Sandboxes
Phonebox
Paid plan from
Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Integrations
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Storage
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
Phonebox: Not listed
GPU
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Snapshots
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Depot Agent Sandboxes:
Phonebox:

Developer

SDKs
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Claude Code
Phonebox: MCP

Trust

License
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
BYOC
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Depot Agent Sandboxes
Phonebox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed

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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.

Phonebox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.

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