Microsoft Foundry hosted agents vs Solari

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour and Solari costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs. Solari runs Cloud Hypervisor 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

Solari

Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Free tier
$3 credit every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
Solari
vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Solari: $0.0165
Paid plan from
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Solari: $20 / month
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Solari: Up to 10
Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
SDKs
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Solari: $20 / month
Billing
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second
Solari: Per second

Limits

Max session
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Solari: 24 hours
Idle stop
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Solari: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Solari: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
GPU
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
Snapshots
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Solari:
Pause and resume
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:
Solari:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
BYOC
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Solari: Enterprise plan, in your own VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
Solari
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
Solari: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
Solari: $0.171
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492
Solari: $0.342

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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 use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.

Solari fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.171 against $0.246 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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