Blaxel vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Blaxel

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Credit of up to $200
Max session
No limit

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Blaxel
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month. Images $0.045 per GB per month.
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month. Images $0.045 per GB per month.
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Blaxel:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC, on request
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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