Compute Overview

Sandboxes, agents, and instances

Hexel Compute provides two ways to run workloads:

Agent Hosting. Deploy a Docker image and receive a permanent endpoint. Your agent stays in memory with millisecond wake times. The platform handles authentication, health checks, and automatic recovery.

Sandboxes. Allocate an isolated execution environment in milliseconds. Run Python code, shell commands, and file operations. Release when done.

Tiers

Every sandbox and agent deployment runs on a specific tier.

Tier	CPU	Memory	Best for
Nano	2 cores	8 GB	Lightweight agents, chatbots
Standard	4 cores	16 GB	Most AI agents
Performance	8 cores	32 GB	Data processing, RAG pipelines
Enterprise	16 cores	64 GB	Large models, heavy compute

Concepts

Agent. A Docker image registered in the Hexel registry. Contains your application code and dependencies.

Instance. A running deployment of an agent. Each instance has a permanent endpoint derived from its configuration.

Sandbox. An isolated execution environment for running code on demand.

Permanent Endpoint. A URL assigned to an instance based on its configuration hash. Same configuration always produces the same URL, even across redeployments.