Microsoft Foundry hosted agents vs Prized Sandboxes

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 50
Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 50

Platform

Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: No
Snapshots
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:
Prized Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.130 against $0.246 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.

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