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DigitalOcean Launches Managed Agents, Bringing Agent Execution, Tool Access, and Inference Together on One Cloud

$DOCNPress releaseSep 22, 2026, 11:00 AM ETRead the release

DigitalOcean launched Managed Agents in public preview, combining agent harness runtimes, governed access to 16,000+ tools, and Serverless Inference across 75+ models on one AI-native cloud. The company claims performance advantages including 305 ms resume from pause (46% faster than rivals), 42% more accurate tool search, and up to 37% lower monthly TCO versus a leading independent sandbox provider. Early customers include Qencode, OpenHands, and Amplitude; the offering bills only for active CPU use at $0.044 per vCPU-hour.

Key figures

Customers
680,000+
Tool count
16,000+
Tool providers
500+
Resume speedup pct
46%
Resume from pause ms
305
End to end speedup pct
31%
Cpu price per vcpu hour
$0.044
Memory price per gb hour
$0.0095
Snapshot price per gib month
$0.005
Tco advantage vs sandbox provider
up to 37% lower monthly TCO

AI analysis

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