inis.run vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. inis.run runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
24 hours

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

inis.run
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
RAM, per GiB-hour
inis.run: Included
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions and persistent volumes cost about €0.07 per GB per month. Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute.
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing
inis.run: Bundled machine time
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation
inis.run: Full VM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
inis.run: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
inis.run: Included
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions and persistent volumes cost about €0.07 per GB per month. Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute.
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
inis.run: Pay as you go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
inis.run: Bundled machine time
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
inis.run: 24 hours
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
inis.run: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation
inis.run: Full VM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
inis.run: No
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
inis.run:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
inis.run:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
inis.run: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
inis.run: In your own cloud account, from €30,000/year
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

inis.run
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

inis.run fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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