Microsoft Foundry hosted agents vs Superserve

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour and Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
Superserve
vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Superserve: $0.0162
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Superserve: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Superserve: Up to 1,000
Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Superserve: Free
Free tier
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Superserve: $5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
Paid plan from
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second
Superserve: Per second

Limits

Max session
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Superserve: No limit
Idle stop
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Superserve: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Superserve: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Snapshots
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Superserve:
Pause and resume
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:
Superserve:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
BYOC
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Superserve: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account. Enterprise plan.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
Superserve
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
Superserve: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
Superserve: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492
Superserve: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Superserve fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 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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