CrabTalk vs other platforms.
Compare agent integrations, automation, persistent data and hosting. See where small memory budgets help, which platform fits your work, and when to use both.
Jump to comparisonsPrecise memory, per call.
Fit memory to each input
Set memory per tool, then lower a call’s limit when its input needs less.
Keep waiting calls small
A small reservation keeps memory-time charges small while a call waits on an API.
Leave room for more calls
Smaller reservations leave more of your account’s memory limit available for concurrent calls.
What a million calls cost.
Assumptions and sourcesChange the workload to compare estimated execution costs and memory allocations. The comparisons below explain each platform’s pricing, including those outside this calculator.
A million calls with the selected idle gaps, at list prices before free tiers.
- CrabTalk $1.33 2 MB billed
- Agent37 Standard $5.03 4 GB billed
- Boat Small $15 4 GB billed
- Convex $20 64 MB billed
- Deno Deploy $31 768 MB billed
- Durable Objects + Worker $6.16 128 MB billed
- Lambda x86 $8.64 128 MB billed
- Vercel Pro + Upstash $41 2 GB billed
Memory allocation in the model.
At 2 MB per call. CrabTalk uses that budget; other rows use the provisioned allocation assumed by the estimate.
- CrabTalk 2 MB
- Agent37 Standard 4 GB
- Boat Small 4 GB
- Convex 64 MB
- Deno Deploy 768 MB
- Durable Objects + Worker 128 MB
- Lambda x86 128 MB
- Vercel Pro + Upstash 2 GB
October 12–19, 2026 rate snapshot; Agent37, Boat and idle behavior checked November 5. Before plans, allowances and storage at rest. Calls run one at a time with the selected idle gap; concurrent calls may share allocations.
Compare one by one.
See how each platform handles tools, state and deployment. Each comparison covers capabilities, pricing and when to use both.
Agent tools and integrations
-
Apify
Actors + Apify Store
Reusable SQL services, or ready-made Actors for scraping and automation.
-
Composio
Toolkits + managed authentication
Managed app integrations and OAuth, or reusable tool services with their own SQL state.
-
Pipedream
Connect + integration workflows
Embedded app integrations with managed user connections, or deployable services with shared SQL records.
-
Arcade
Agent tools + authorization runtime
A reusable SQL tool service, or an actions runtime centered on integrations and authorization.
-
Nango
Managed auth, tools + data sync
Managed connections, tools and syncs, or reusable service tools with custom SQL state.
-
Paragon
ActionKit + embedded integrations
Embedded customer integrations through ActionKit, or reusable tool services with independent SQL state.
Automation and workflows
-
n8n
Visual workflows + agent tools
Shared SQL tools that agents call independently, or a visual workflow connecting the steps.
-
Zapier
App automations + Zapier MCP
Ready-made app actions and visual automations, or shared custom tools backed by SQLite.
-
Make
Scenarios + app integrations
Visual scenarios that coordinate app modules, or reusable SQL tools called by agents and workflows.
-
Windmill
Scripts, workflows + data tables
Small budgeted SQL tools, or scripts and workflows running on provisioned workers.
-
Activepieces
Flows, agents + tables
Flows, agents and tables in one workspace, or independent SQL tool services shared across callers.
Durable workflows
-
Trigger.dev
Durable tasks + managed compute
Small SQL tools with per-call budgets, or durable background tasks on managed machines.
-
Inngest
Event-driven durable workflows
Shared SQL tools with bounded calls, or event-driven workflows with durable steps and retries.
-
Temporal
Durable workflows + activity workers
Bounded SQL tools for shared operations, or recoverable business processes with activities and durable timers.
-
Restate
Durable services, workflows + virtual objects
Service-owned SQL tools, or durable services and object-keyed state that recover across failures.
-
Hatchet
Task orchestration + durable workflows
Bounded shared SQL tools, or worker-based tasks with queues, retries and durable workflow coordination.
Stateful backends
-
Cloudflare
Workers + Durable Objects
Shared tools and SQLite in one service, or Workers with named Durable Objects.
-
Convex
Functions + reactive database
Small per-call memory budgets and SQL tools, or reactive data and TypeScript functions.
-
Rivet
Actors + actor-local SQLite
Budgeted tool calls against service-owned data, or keyed Actors with realtime connections.
-
Supabase
Postgres + Edge Functions
A service-owned SQLite tool API, or Postgres with a complete application backend.
-
Firebase
Firestore + Cloud Functions
Explicit SQL tools for shared records, or Firestore clients with realtime and offline synchronization.
-
Appwrite
Databases + Functions
A budgeted SQLite tool service, or a broader application backend with databases and Functions.
-
PocketBase
Self-hosted SQLite backend
A hosted SQLite tool service, or a portable backend with auth and realtime that you operate.
-
InsForge
Postgres + agent-oriented backend tooling
A separately reusable SQLite tool service, or a Postgres application backend built with agent tooling.
Data and operations
-
Directus
Data APIs, Studio + native MCP
Reusable tools with service-owned SQL, or a collaborative Studio and permissioned APIs over operational data.
-
Hasura
DDN data APIs + connectors
A reusable tool service with its own records, or modeled APIs across existing data sources.
-
NocoDB
Collaborative tables, workflows + MCP
Service-owned SQL operations, or collaborative tables with native MCP, views and operational workflows.
-
Baserow
Database builder, APIs + MCP
Defined SQL tool operations, or a visual database with collaborative views, APIs and native MCP.
-
Retool
Retool Workflows + connected resources
Reusable bounded SQL tools, or visual operational workflows across existing databases and APIs.
Serverless runtimes
-
AWS Lambda
Event Functions + AWS storage
Memory budgets below 128 MiB for small tools, or Lambda’s larger runtimes and AWS integrations.
-
Vercel
Functions + Fluid compute
Small per-call tool reservations, or MCP handlers alongside your existing web application.
-
Google Cloud Run
Serverless containers
A budgeted Rust/Wasm tool service, or container hosting with configurable instance concurrency.
-
Netlify
Functions + site deployment
Small independent tool services, or functions deployed alongside your existing website.
-
Azure Functions
Flex Consumption + Azure services
Small per-call reservations and SQLite, or event-driven Functions on configurable Azure instances.
-
Wasmer
Wasmer Edge + WASIX applications
A small SQL tool runtime, or a Wasm application platform with WASIX and framework support.
-
Fastly
Compute + edge data services
Service-owned SQLite and agent tools, or Wasm request processing on Fastly’s edge network.
-
Fermyon
Fermyon Cloud + Spin
Hosted SQL tools with per-call budgets, or Spin applications with bound cloud data services.
Application hosting
-
Railway
Application hosting
A managed tool-service model, or application hosting for your existing runtime.
-
Fly.io
Machines + persistent storage
Small per-call tool budgets, or configurable Machines running your existing application.
-
Render
Web Services + managed data
Reusable tools with per-call budgets, or application servers with managed hosting and data services.
-
Heroku
Dynos + managed data
Per-call budgets for reusable tools, or dynos running your existing application and data stack.
-
DigitalOcean
App Platform
Small reusable tool services, or managed application components built from source and containers.
-
Koyeb
Application services + autoscaling
Per-call tool reservations and SQLite, or application instances with configurable autoscaling.
Agent execution environments
-
Agent37
Persistent sandboxes + ready-to-run agents
Shared tools with per-call budgets, or inexpensive persistent sandboxes that host the agent and its programs.
-
Boat
Linux sandboxes + integrated agents
Defined shared SQL tools with small budgets, or full Linux machines for agents, repositories and arbitrary code.
-
E2B
Code-execution sandboxes
Defined SQL tools shared across callers, or isolated environments for generated code, files and stateful interpretation.
-
Daytona
Programmable sandboxes + agent tools
Defined shared tool operations, or programmable sandboxes with files, processes, persistence and MCP controls.
-
Modal
Functions, Sandboxes + GPU compute
Small SQL-backed tool calls, or serverless Functions, generated-code Sandboxes and GPU workloads.
-
Sprites
Persistent Linux computers on Fly.io
Defined SQL tools with explicit call budgets, or persistent Linux computers with actual resource metering.