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Cobalt vs Spawned
Offers a Vercel-like platform for deploying apps, not a per-task isolated compute environment for coding agents.
Which to pick
Pick Cobalt if you want…
- Isolated cloud computers for AI coding agents
Pick Spawned if you want…
- Unified deployment on self-hosted cloud
- App deployment platform
Side by side
- What it is
- Cobalt:Cobalt provides cloud-hosted, isolated development environments for coding agents to run tasks, preview results, and create pull requests.
- Spawned:Spawned is an all-in-one cloud platform to deploy containers, databases, functions and full-stack apps on infrastructure you own.
- Best for
- Cobalt:Isolated cloud computers for AI coding agents
- Spawned:Unified deployment on self-hosted cloud
- Who it’s for
- Cobalt:Software engineering teams using AI coding agents.
- Spawned:Developers and teams who want to manage their own cloud resources across AWS, GCP, Azure or Kubernetes.
- Pricing
- Cobalt:Freemium
- Spawned:Freemium
- Plans
- Cobalt:—
- Spawned:Developer $20 per month · Pro $100 per month · Scale $399 per month
- Works with
- Cobalt:—
- Spawned:AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Kubernetes, GitHub, Terraform
Cobalt features
- Dedicated cloud computer per task. Each coding task runs in its own isolated cloud environment with its own CPU/memory profile.
- Multi-agent support. Connect Codex, Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, Grok, Muse Code, OpenCode, Pi and others.
- Live preview and diff. Agents can launch services, run tests and show a live browser preview with code diffs.
- Automated Loops. Schedule recurring prompts to run automatically as traceable tasks.
- Team collaboration. Engineers can watch, steer, review previews and pull requests from the browser.
- Custom compute profiles. Choose from Starter to X-Large profiles, each consuming credits at a fixed rate.
Spawned features
- CLI installer. One-line script installs the Spawned CLI for local management.
- Agentic infrastructure. AI agents can provision and connect resources directly in your cloud account.
- Unified dashboard. View deployments, environments, logs and policies from a single surface.
- Terraform-compatible exports. All resources are exportable as Terraform code from the start.
- Managed cloud option. Try Spawned on shared cloud credits without owning an account.
- Spend alerts & budgets. Set usage limits and receive alerts to avoid unexpected cloud bills.
Cobalt vs Spawned FAQ
Is Cobalt or Spawned free?+
Cobalt has a free plan and paid plans. Spawned has a free plan; paid plans start at $20/month (Developer).
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