AgentBay vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. AgentBay runs containers. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

AgentBay

Cloud sandboxes for browser, desktop, mobile and code.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Free Basic plan
Max session: Not listed

Visit site AgentBay profile

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolated microVMs for AI agents that fork from a saved snapshot, part of SF Compute Autoresearch.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: None
Max session: Not listed

Visit site SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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AgentBay

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: AgentBay: $0.027; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: AgentBay: $0.0113; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: AgentBay: Free Basic plan; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing: AgentBay: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox: AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: AgentBay: Up to 200; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation: AgentBay: Container; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations: AgentBay: MCP; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

AgentBayalibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructionsalibabacloud.com

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AgentBay: $0.027; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: AgentBay: $0.0113; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: AgentBay: Free Basic plan; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: AgentBay: Pay as you go; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: AgentBay: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: AgentBay: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: AgentBay: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: AgentBay: Up to 200; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: AgentBay: Container; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: AgentBay: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: AgentBay: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: AgentBay: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: AgentBay: MCP; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: AgentBay: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: AgentBay: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AgentBay

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AgentBay: $0.050; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AgentBay: $0.099; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AgentBay: $0.198; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.099 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want to start without paying.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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