Microsoft Foundry hosted agents vs Sendblue Sandboxes

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour and Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers.

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Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
Sendblue Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Billing
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Idle stop
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5
Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
Pause and resume
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Paid plan from
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
GPU
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
Sendblue Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660

Compute only, at list rates.

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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 want the lower list price: $0.246 against $0.330 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Sendblue Sandboxes fits when

  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

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