Depot Agent Sandboxes vs Thunder Sandboxes

Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolated, short-lived sandboxes for agents, GPU optional.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Thunder Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container; Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Depot Agent Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

Thunder Sandboxesthundercompute.com/pricingthundercompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Thunder Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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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.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

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