Lizard Sandboxes vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Lizard Sandboxes

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session: No limit

Visit site Lizard 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

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

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Lizard Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Lizard Sandboxes: Included; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox: Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation: Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations: Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code, MCP, LangChain; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Lizard Sandboxes: Included; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Lizard Sandboxes: No limit; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Lizard Sandboxes:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Lizard Sandboxes:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Lizard Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code, MCP, LangChain; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Lizard Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

You use LangChain.
You want the lower list price: $0.016 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 want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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