Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolated cloud VMs that run commands for AI agents.

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

Visit site Hyperbrowser 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.

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Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Free tier: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 256 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Hyperbrowser Sandboxeshyperbrowser.ai/pricinghyperbrowser.ai

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Hyperbrowser 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: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 24 hours; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 256 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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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 want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want to start without paying.

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 use MCP.
You need pause and resume.

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