Declaw vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Declaw costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Declaw runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Declaw

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

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

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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

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

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Declaw

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vCPU, per hour: Declaw: $0.0504; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Declaw: $0.0162; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing: Declaw: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox: Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Declaw: Up to 500; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation: Declaw: Firecracker microVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations: Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

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Declawdocs.declaw.ai/platform/billingdocs.declaw.ai

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Declaw: $0.0504; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Declaw: $0.0162; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Declaw: Pay as you go; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Declaw: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Declaw: 72 hours; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Declaw: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Declaw: Up to 500; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: Declaw: Firecracker microVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Declaw: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Declaw:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Declaw:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Declaw: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Declaw: Enterprise on-prem in your cloud account or data center. The Declaw team runs it.; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Declaw

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Declaw fits when

You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents 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 the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You use Claude Code.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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