microsandbox cloud vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

microsandbox cloud

Hosted microVM sandboxes for AI agents and untrusted code.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session: Not listed

Visit site microsandbox cloud 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

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

Field

microsandbox cloud

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: microsandbox cloud: $0.05; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: microsandbox cloud: $0.0162; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: microsandbox cloud: $49 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: microsandbox cloud: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Concurrent sandboxes: microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Pause and resume: microsandbox cloud: No; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Integrations: microsandbox cloud: Claude Code, MCP; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

microsandbox cloudmicrosandbox.dev/pricingmicrosandbox.dev

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: microsandbox cloud: $0.05; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: microsandbox cloud: $0.0162; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: microsandbox cloud: $49 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: microsandbox cloud: Per second; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: microsandbox cloud: MicroVM; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: microsandbox cloud:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: microsandbox cloud: No; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: microsandbox cloud: Claude Code, MCP; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: microsandbox cloud: By evaluation, contact us; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

microsandbox cloud

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: microsandbox cloud: $0.082; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: microsandbox cloud: $0.165; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: microsandbox cloud: $0.330; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

microsandbox cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want to start without paying.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You need pause and resume.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

More comparisons

See all comparisons

microsandbox cloud

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

What is different

Full comparison

Pricing

Limits

Platform

Developer

Trust

Hourly cost

Which one fits

microsandbox cloud fits when

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

More comparisons

Related

Compare

Pricing

Browse