Depot Agent Sandboxes vs Vercel Sandbox

Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs 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

Vercel Sandbox

Isolated Linux microVMs for running untrusted code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 5 CPU-hours every month
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Vercel Sandbox profile

What is different

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

Field

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Vercel Sandbox

Isolation: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container; Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Depot Agent Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

Vercel Sandboxvercel.com/docs/sandbox/pricingvercel.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from: Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month; Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Vercel Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Vercel Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
You need snapshots.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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