Celesto Cloud vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Celesto Cloud

Cloud computers for AI agents, each in a microVM.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Celesto Cloud 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

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

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Celesto Cloud

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Celesto Cloud: $0.015; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Celesto Cloud: Included; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Celesto Cloud: Free; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing: Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox: Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Celesto Cloud: Up to 10; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Integrations: Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Celesto Cloudcelesto.ai/pricing

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Celesto Cloud: $0.015; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Celesto Cloud: Included; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Celesto Cloud: Free; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Celesto Cloud: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Celesto Cloud: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Celesto Cloud: Up to 10; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: Celesto Cloud: MicroVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Celesto Cloud: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Celesto Cloud:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Celesto Cloud:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Celesto Cloud: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Celesto Cloud

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Celesto Cloud: $0.015; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Celesto Cloud: $0.030; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Celesto Cloud: $0.060; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want to start without paying.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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