Agent Sandbox vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Agent Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session
Not listed

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005/MB for output files
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Claude Code
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Agent Sandboxagentsandbox.co
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005/MB for output files
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Claude Code
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Agent Sandbox fits when

  • You want to start without paying.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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