Microsoft Foundry hosted agents vs Nebius Sandboxes

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs. Nebius Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

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

Visit site Microsoft Foundry hosted agents profile

Nebius Sandboxes

Sandboxes for AI agents that branch from any checkpoint.

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

Visit site Nebius Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Nebius Sandboxes

Concurrent sandboxes: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000; Nebius Sandboxes: Up to 50
SDKs: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Nebius Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Nebius Sandboxes: LangChain, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Nebius Sandboxescontree.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed
Storage: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000; Nebius Sandboxes: Up to 50

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Nebius Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492; Nebius Sandboxes: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when

You use the Claude Agent SDK or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You need pause and resume.

Nebius Sandboxes fits when

You need snapshots.
You need SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and GDPR.

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