Declaw vs Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Declaw costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour. Declaw runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs.

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Declaw

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
72 hours

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Declaw
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Declaw: Up to 500
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Isolation
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
SDKs
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Storage
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Free tier
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Paid plan from
Declaw: Pay as you go
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Billing
Declaw: Per second
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second

Limits

Max session
Declaw: 72 hours
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Idle stop
Declaw: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Declaw: Up to 500
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
GPU
Declaw: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Snapshots
Declaw:
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Pause and resume
Declaw:
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:

Developer

SDKs
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Declaw: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
BYOC
Declaw: Enterprise on-prem in your cloud account or data center. The Declaw team runs it.
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Declaw
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Declaw: $0.083
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Declaw: $0.166
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Declaw: $0.331
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Declaw fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.246 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK.

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