Microsoft Foundry hosted agents vs Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs. Qiniu Cloud Sandbox limits a session to 1 hour.

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

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Sandbox service with an E2B-compatible API that runs AI agent code in isolated cloud environments.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 1 hour

Visit site Qiniu Cloud Sandbox profile

What is different

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

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Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Largest sandbox: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SDKs: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Go, Python, JavaScript / 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

Qiniu Cloud Sandboxdeveloper.qiniu.com/las/13281/sandbox-overviewdeveloper.qiniu.com

Pricing

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

Limits

Max session: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 1 hour
Idle stop: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 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, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox fits when

You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.

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