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Ephemeral

Runs an AI agent task inside a fresh sealed microvm per request, exposing only allowed files, APIs and budget, then destroying the machine.

From $0.00 per useActively maintained

Ephemeral: data, price, alternatives
At a glancechecked Oct 26, 2026

≈ 842visits/mo

Use not read yet · estimate, read Oct 27, 2026

For
Developers and teams running AI agent tasks in the background, such as payment investigation or scheduled reports
Activity
Actively maintainedrelease 11 days ago · site updated 11 days ago
Company
since 2026per their site
How it runs
APICLI
Used for
  • investigate why a payment failed
  • check a status page for outages
  • write a weekly report from data
read off ephemer.al on Oct 27, 2026
Worth knowingcomputed from what we read · each with its source
Pricingpricing page, read Oct 27, 2026

From $0.00 per use

Trial & discounts 14-day free trial

The companyeach fact with its source · read Oct 27, 2026
Your datawhat they publish, each line with its page · read Oct 27, 2026

“The run uses only AI model endpoints that neither keep nor train on the request, its events are deleted minutes after it ends, its output is returned once, and its definition is not kept.”

security page ↗

These are Ephemeral's own statements, read from its pages. We did not audit them. A line that is missing was not found on the pages we read; it does not mean the practice is absent.

How a program reaches itfound, not claimed · read Oct 27, 2026
  • MCP serveral.ephemer/ephemeralverified in the MCP registry
  • Stateanswers, 19 toolschecked 2026-10-27
  • Address to connectapp.ephemer.al/mcp
  • OpenAPI spec23 pathsthe spec ↗
  • API docsephemer.al/en/docs/api/runsthe vendor's page ↗
  • Status pagelinked from the homepagestatus.ephemer.al ↗

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  • What is Ephemeral?

    Runs an AI agent task inside a fresh sealed microvm per request, exposing only allowed files, APIs and budget, then destroying the machine. It is listed in the Atlas under Agents.

  • Who is Ephemeral for?

    Developers and teams running AI agent tasks in the background, such as payment investigation or scheduled reports

  • How much does Ephemeral cost?

    Paid plans start at $0.00 per use, per Ephemeral's pricing page on 2026-10-27.

  • Is Ephemeral free?

    No. Its pricing page showed no free plan on 2026-10-27.

  • Is Ephemeral still maintained?

    Actively maintained: release 11 days ago · site updated 11 days ago.

  • Does Ephemeral train AI on your data?

    No, per its security page (2026-10-27): “The run uses only AI model endpoints that neither keep nor train on the request, its events are deleted minutes after it ends, its output is returned once, and its definition is not kept.”

  • Is Ephemeral safe?

    We do not audit vendors. What Ephemeral publishes, read 2026-10-27: GDPR stated on its privacy policy; on training with your data, “The run uses only AI model endpoints that neither keep nor train on the request, its events are deleted minutes after it ends, its output is returned once, and its definition is not kept.”.

  • Does Ephemeral have a free trial?

    Yes, a 14-day free trial, per its pricing page (2026-10-27).

  • What are alternatives to Ephemeral?

    In Agents, by use: Manus, Ellipsis, Clanker Cloud Beta, BeeOS, QevosAgent.

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