Vercel Sandbox vs Argo: Execution Primitive or Agent Workflow Runtime?

How to compare Vercel Sandbox-style execution with Argo’s higher-level runtime for agent skills.

Audience: Teams already deploying on Vercel and evaluating how to run agent code safely.

The problem

Execution primitives are necessary, but product teams still need a run API, skill packaging, input injection, logs, artifacts, and final result validation.

Implementation path

Use execution primitives when you are building a runtime. Use Argo when the runtime itself is the thing you need to ship.

Tradeoffs and failure modes

A primitive gives maximum flexibility. Argo gives a complete agent workflow contract.

Architecture pattern

Product API -> Argo run -> sandboxed skill execution -> logs + result JSON + artifacts

Run this on Argo