Microsoft Foundry hosted agents vs Tenki Sandbox

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time ($50 at sign-up, $50 when you add a payment method)
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Paid plan from
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
Isolation
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Tenki Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time ($50 at sign-up, $50 when you add a payment method)
Paid plan from
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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 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.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • 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.

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