Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs.

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Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
24 hours

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 256 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Storage
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second

Limits

Max session
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 24 hours
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Idle stop
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 256 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
GPU
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Snapshots
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Pause and resume
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:

Developer

SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
BYOC
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.246 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need pause and resume.

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