Isorun vs Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Isorun costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour and Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour. Isorun runs microVMs. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Isorun

Isolated Linux microVMs from any Docker image.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

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Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Runs your AI agent code on Azure, with each session in its own microVM.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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Isorun

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

vCPU, per hour: Isorun: $0.025; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour: Isorun: $0.015; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Idle stop: Isorun: After 5 minutes; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
SDKs: Isorun: TypeScript; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Isorundocs.isorun.ai/getting-started/pricingdocs.isorun.ai

Microsoft Foundry hosted agentsazure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/foundry-agent-serviceazure.microsoft.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Isorun: $0.025; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour: Isorun: $0.015; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Storage: Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Free tier: Isorun: $50 credit; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Paid plan from: Isorun: Pay as you go; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Billing: Isorun: Per second; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second

Limits

Max session: Isorun: Not listed; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Idle stop: Isorun: After 5 minutes; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: Isorun: Not listed; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Isorun: Not listed; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation: Isorun: MicroVM; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
GPU: Isorun: Not listed; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Snapshots: Isorun:; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Pause and resume: Isorun:; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:

Developer

SDKs: Isorun: TypeScript; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License: Isorun: Not listed; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
BYOC: Isorun: Not listed; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Isorun

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Isorun: $0.055; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Isorun: $0.110; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Isorun: $0.220; Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Isorun fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.110 against $0.246 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when

You use the Claude Agent SDK.

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