Isorun vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isorun costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Isorun runs microVMs. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Isorun

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Isorun
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Isorun: $0.025
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Isorun: $0.015
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Isorun: $50 credit
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing
Isorun: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Integrations
Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Isorun: $0.025
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Isorun: $0.015
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Isorun: $50 credit
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
Isorun: Pay as you go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Isorun: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Isorun: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Isorun: After 5 minutes
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Isorun: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Isorun: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation
Isorun: MicroVM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Isorun: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Isorun:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Isorun:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Isorun: TypeScript
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Isorun: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Isorun: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Isorun
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Isorun: $0.055
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isorun: $0.110
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isorun: $0.220
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Isorun fits when

  • You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.110 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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