Depot Sandboxes vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Depot Sandboxes costs $0.18 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Depot Sandboxes runs microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Depot Sandboxes

Linux microVMs for code, tests and agents, made and run from a Node.js SDK.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: 7-day free trial, no credit card
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Depot Sandboxes 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

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

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Depot Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Depot Sandboxes: $0.18; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Depot Sandboxes: Included; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Free tier: Depot Sandboxes: 7-day free trial, no credit card; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Depot Sandboxes: $20 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Depot Sandboxes: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Pause and resume: Depot Sandboxes: No; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Integrations: Depot Sandboxes: Claude Code; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Depot Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Depot Sandboxes: $0.18; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Depot Sandboxes: Included; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Depot Sandboxes: 7-day free trial, no credit card; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Depot Sandboxes: $20 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Depot Sandboxes: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Depot Sandboxes: 24 hours; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: Depot Sandboxes: MicroVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Depot Sandboxes:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Depot Sandboxes: No; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Depot Sandboxes: TypeScript; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: Depot Sandboxes: Claude Code; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Depot Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Depot Sandboxes: $0.180; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Depot Sandboxes: $0.360; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Depot Sandboxes: $0.720; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Depot Sandboxes fits when

You want to start without paying.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.183 against $0.360 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.

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