AgentBay vs Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs.

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AgentBay

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
Not listed

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

7 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

AgentBay
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Isolation
AgentBay: Container
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second

Limits

Max session
AgentBay: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Idle stop
AgentBay: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation
AgentBay: Container
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
GPU
AgentBay: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Snapshots
AgentBay: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Pause and resume
AgentBay: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:

Developer

SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
AgentBay: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
BYOC
AgentBay: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AgentBay
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AgentBay: $0.050
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AgentBay: $0.099
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AgentBay: $0.198
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.099 against $0.246 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need pause and resume.

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