Depot Agent Sandboxes vs RemoteHost

Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Depot Agent Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Depot Agent Sandboxes
RemoteHost
Isolation
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Snapshots
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost:
Pause and resume
Depot Agent Sandboxes:
RemoteHost:

Developer

SDKs
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: MCP

Trust

License
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Depot Agent Sandboxes fits when

  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

RemoteHost fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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