Microsoft Foundry hosted agents vs Perplexity Sandbox

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

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

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolated Linux containers that run Python and bash code inside a Perplexity Agent API request.

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

Visit site Perplexity Sandbox profile

What is different

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

Field

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

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

Perplexity Sandboxdocs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricingdocs.perplexity.ai

Pricing

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

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Perplexity Sandbox

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

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You need pause and resume.

Perplexity Sandbox fits when

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

More comparisons

See all comparisons

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Perplexity Sandbox

What is different

Full comparison

Pricing

Limits

Platform

Developer

Trust

Hourly cost

Which one fits

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when

Perplexity Sandbox fits when

More comparisons

Related

Compare

Pricing

Browse