Microsoft Foundry hosted agents vs tama

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.01166 per vCPU-hour. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

tama

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
tama
vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
tama: $0.01166
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
tama: $0.005523
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
tama: Full VM
SDKs
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
tama: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
tama: $0.01166
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
tama: $0.005523
Storage
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
tama: Not listed
Paid plan from
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
tama: Pay as you go
Billing
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second
tama: Per second

Limits

Max session
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
tama: Not listed
Idle stop
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
tama: Full VM
GPU
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
tama:
Snapshots
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
tama:
Pause and resume
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:
tama:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
tama: Not listed
BYOC
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
tama
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492
tama: $0.091

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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.

tama fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.246 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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