ix vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. ix runs full VMs. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated

ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

ix
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation
ix: Full VM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations
ix: 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
ix: $0.0288
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month 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
ix: None
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
ix: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
ix: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
ix: MCP
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

ix
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
ix: $0.050
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
ix: $0.101
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
ix: $0.202
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

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

More comparisons

See all comparisons

Related