Deno Sandbox vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Deno Sandbox

Linux microVMs for running untrusted and generated code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 30 minutes

Visit site Deno Sandbox 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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Deno Sandbox

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Deno Sandbox: $0.10; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Deno Sandbox: $0.025; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Paid plan from: Deno Sandbox: $20 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox: Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Deno Sandbox: Up to 20; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation: Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Deno Sandboxdeno.com/deploy/pricingdeno.com

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Deno Sandbox: $0.10; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Deno Sandbox: $0.025; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Deno Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Deno Sandbox: $20 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Deno Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Deno Sandbox: Up to 20; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License: Deno Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Deno Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Deno Sandbox

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Deno Sandbox: $0.150; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Deno Sandbox: $0.300; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Deno Sandbox: $0.600; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

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

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use MCP or Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.183 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.

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