DigitalOcean Managed Agents

What it does

DigitalOcean Managed Agents is a Public Preview platform for running AI agents in the cloud. It accepts agent sessions built with harnesses such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode, Hermes, LangGraph, or CrewAI, or your own agent packaged as an OCI container image. Each session runs in its own isolated Firecracker microVM and can be paused, resumed, checkpointed, and forked.

The platform has two components. Harness Runtime runs and persists agent sessions and supports scheduled and webhook triggers. Action Gateway gives agents governed access to more than 16,000 tools through a single managed MCP endpoint, brokering credentials at execution time and applying per-tool permissions with optional human approval.

It suits engineering teams who want agents to keep running in the cloud rather than on a laptop or self-managed server, and companies building agent-powered products for their own end users. Sessions are created through the web console or the doctl CLI. Costs are metered, and the product is in Public Preview.

What it can do

• Run agent sessions in isolated Firecracker microVMs with persistent state across devices and teammates
• Pause and resume sessions, checkpoint a session, and fork independent sessions from it
• Access 16,000+ tools through a single managed MCP endpoint with tool discovery
• Broker credentials at execution time so tokens never reach the model, prompt, or sandbox
• Apply centralized per-tool permissions with required human approval for sensitive operations
• Trigger runs on a schedule or by webhook, with structured event logs and token-usage observability

Works with

• Claude Code
• Codex CLI
• OpenCode
• LangGraph
• CrewAI
• Hermes
• GitHub
• HubSpot
• Stripe
• Snowflake

Before you choose

• Public Preview: the page says Managed Agents is available to customers who opt in to preview terms; availability and pricing may change.
• Costs are metered: CPU billing follows per-second consumption and paused sessions stop CPU and memory charges, but tool calls and code execution are billed separately.
• Action Gateway is an MCP endpoint, so it can be added to any MCP-compatible application, not only Harness Runtime.

Listed under

• Coding
• MCP and agent tools

Get started

New customers can start with a $5 credit; the page lists a Start Building link.

1. Create or sign in to a DigitalOcean account at the sign-up page.
2. Open Harness Runtime in the cloud console and choose a supported harness or upload your own OCI container image as a template.
3. Connect tools through Action Gateway using static API keys, a shared OAuth app, or per-user OAuth, and test configurations in the Tool Playground before production.

Harness Runtime is listed starting at $0.0535/hr and Action Gateway starting at $0.10 per 1,000 calls, with tool search included at no charge and code execution and paid tools billed separately. Managed Agents plans are a Pro plan at $50/month and a Team plan at $200/month, each with a plan credit and a usage discount. The $5 trial credit is for new customers only and is not a permanent free tier.

Source: digitalocean.com/pricing, checked 29 Oct 2026. Prices can change; check before you buy.

Sources for this overview

Product pages, documentation, and pricing checked 29 Oct 2026. Each source supports part of the overview; availability and prices can change.

• Managed Agents | DigitalOcean ↗www.digitalocean.com
• Budget-Friendly Cloud Server Pricing | DigitalOcean ↗www.digitalocean.com
• AI-Native Cloud | DigitalOcean ↗www.digitalocean.com

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