exe.dev vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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exe.dev

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session
Not listed

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

exe.dev
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations
exe.dev: Claude Code, MCP
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
exe.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
exe.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
exe.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
exe.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
exe.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
exe.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
exe.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
exe.dev: Claude Code, MCP
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
exe.dev: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
exe.dev: Enterprise plan
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

exe.dev
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
exe.dev: $0.053
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
exe.dev: $0.105
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: $0.210
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.105 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 want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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