Brimble Sandboxes vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Brimble Sandboxes

Sandbox product of the Brimble hosting platform that runs code in gVisor containers.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Max session: 6 hours

Visit site Brimble 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

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

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Brimble Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Storage: Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Brimble Sandboxes: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Concurrent sandboxes: Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation: Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

Brimble Sandboxesbrimble.io/pricing

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Brimble Sandboxes: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Brimble Sandboxes:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Brimble Sandboxes:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Brimble Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Brimble Sandboxes fits when

You want to start without paying.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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