Deno Sandbox vs Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

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.

Deno Sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.246 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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