Microsoft Foundry hosted agents vs Sandock

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 8 hours.

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Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
8 hours

What is different

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

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
Sandock
Paid plan from
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Sandock: $5 / month
Idle stop
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Sandock: Up to 150
Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
Sandock: Container
SDKs
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandock: TypeScript
Integrations
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Sandock: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Sandock: 8 hours
Idle stop
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
Sandock: Container
GPU
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:
Sandock:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Sandock: MIT
BYOC
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.

Sandock fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (MIT) that you can self-host.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.

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