Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution vs Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution costs $0.085 per vCPU-hour and Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour. Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution runs containers and limits a session to 336 hours. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs.

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Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution

Isolation
Container
Free tier
50 vCPU-hours and 100 GiB-hours free per month
Max session
336 hours

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
vCPU, per hour
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: $0.085
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: $0.009
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Largest sandbox
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Container
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
SDKs
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Python
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: $0.085
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: $0.009
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Storage
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Free tier
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: 50 vCPU-hours and 100 GiB-hours free per month
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Paid plan from
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Pay as you go
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Billing
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Per second
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second

Limits

Max session
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: 336 hours
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Idle stop
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Container
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
GPU
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Snapshots
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: No
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Pause and resume
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution:
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:

Developer

SDKs
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Python
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
BYOC
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: $0.103
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: $0.206
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution: $0.412
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.206 against $0.246 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.

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