EQVPS Sandboxes vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

EQVPS Sandboxes

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents, paid per second from a prepaid crypto balance.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session: 720 hours

Visit site EQVPS 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

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

Field

EQVPS Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: EQVPS Sandboxes: Free; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing: EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox: EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation: EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

EQVPS Sandboxeseqvps.com/en/docs/sandbox-billingeqvps.com

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: EQVPS Sandboxes: Free; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

EQVPS Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want to start without paying.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You need snapshots.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

More comparisons

See all comparisons

EQVPS Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

What is different

Full comparison

Pricing

Limits

Platform

Developer

Trust

Hourly cost

Which one fits

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

More comparisons

Related

Compare

Pricing

Browse