Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolated microVM sandboxes that start on demand.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Azure Container Apps Sandboxes 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

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

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Azure Container Apps Sandboxessandboxes.azure.com/docs/sandboxes/costsandboxes.azure.com

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; 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.
You want the lower list price: $0.183 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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