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Best AI agent to host my AI agent in a cloud sandbox
Keep a coding or personal agent running in its own low-cost sandbox with files, browser and sleep/wake. Here are 8 agents that can do it, with prices we checked on each vendor's own page.
Quick answer
- 8 agents compared, all with verified prices.
- Free plan available: Agent 37, OpenComputerUse, Docker Agent, Cua, Merlin, Busabase, Buddy AI Sandboxes.
- We don't rank them. Pick by price, where it runs and the setup steps on each agent's page.
| Agent | What it does | Price (verified) | Free plan | Works on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent 37 | Host coding and personal agents in low-cost persistent cloud sandboxes with browser, files and sleep/wake | $5 free credit; then prepaid metered compute (per-minute shapes on billing docs)checked Oct 15, 2026 | Yes | Web, API, Docker |
| OpenComputerUse | Let any MCP agent control apps in the background (click, type, screenshots, UI tree) without stealing your pointer | Free (MIT); bring your own agent/clientchecked Oct 15, 2026 | Yes | macOS (Homebrew cask), Linux, Windows |
| Docker Agent | Build and run your own AI agents with Docker | Free (open source, Apache-2.0)checked Oct 14, 2026 | Yes | — |
| Cua | Open-source drivers and fleets that let agents use real computers across operating systems; released the CUA-S1 computer-use model | Free (open source, MIT)checked Oct 14, 2026 | Yes | — |
| Merlin | Dispatch Claude Code and Codex from Slack, Linear and GitHub onto your team’s machines with shared skills | $0 forever (up to 5 users, 1,000 requests/mo); Team $59/workspace/mo; Scale $99/workspace/mochecked Oct 15, 2026 | Yes | Slack, Linear, GitHub, desktop |
| Busabase | Give people and agents one shared base for data, docs, skills and apps so agent work compounds | Cloud Free $0; Plus $10/seat/mo; Pro $20/seat/mo (annual billing listed on site)checked Oct 15, 2026 | Yes | Cloud, Desktop, self-host |
| Buddy AI Sandboxes | Give coding agents their own isolated Linux VMs (sudo, 50 GB persistent disk, public HTTPS endpoints) to build, run, test and fix apps | Free €0; Pro €29/mo; Hyper €99/mo; sandbox overage $0.00024/CPU-minchecked Oct 15, 2026 | Yes | CLI (bdy), SDK, REST API, YAML, MCP |
| Atomic Bot | Run OpenClaw, Hermes, Codex, OpenCode and other agents in the cloud so they keep working when your laptop sleeps | Base $19/mo; Pro $39/mo; Max $79/mo (each includes $5/$10/$20 AI usage)checked Oct 15, 2026 | No | Web, macOS |
Also able to do this, but we haven't confirmed the price yet: Capsem, Instabox.
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