Depot Agent Sandboxes vs Runloop

Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers. Runloop runs microVMs.

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Depot Agent Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Depot Agent Sandboxes
Runloop
Paid plan from
Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Runloop: Pay as you go
Isolation
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container
Runloop: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Depot Agent Sandboxes
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: $0.634

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Runloop fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.

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