Microsoft Foundry hosted agents vs Runloop

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs. Runloop 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

Runloop

Devboxes built for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runloop profile

What is different

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Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Runloop

vCPU, per hour: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118; Runloop: $0.0252
Largest sandbox: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB; Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Runlooprunloop.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118; Runloop: $0.0252
Storage: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go; Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second; Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes; Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB; Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000; Runloop: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
BYOC: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed; Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Runloop

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123; Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246; Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492; Runloop: $0.634

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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 LangChain.
You want the lower list price: $0.246 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Runloop fits when

You use Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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