AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Serverless microVMs on AWS that suspend when idle.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 8 hours

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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

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What is different

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot write $0.0038 per GB. Snapshot read $0.00155 per GB.; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Billing: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM

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AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws.amazon.com/lambda/pricingaws.amazon.com

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot write $0.0038 per GB. Snapshot read $0.00155 per GB.; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You use MCP or Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.183 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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