Microsoft Foundry hosted agents vs Together Sandbox
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs. Together Sandbox 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
Together Sandbox
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Max session
- No limit
What is different
6 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
Together Sandbox
- vCPU, per hour
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
- Together Sandbox: $0.0446
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
- Together Sandbox: $0.0149
- Largest sandbox
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
- Isolation
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
- Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
- Pause and resume
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:
- Together Sandbox: No
- SDKs
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
Microsoft Foundry hosted agentsazure
Together Sandboxtogether
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
- Together Sandbox: $0.0446
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
- Together Sandbox: $0.0149
- Storage
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
- Together Sandbox: Not listed
- Free tier
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
- Together Sandbox: Not listed
- Paid plan from
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
- Together Sandbox: Not listed
- Billing
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second
- Together Sandbox: Not listed
Limits
- Max session
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
- Together Sandbox: No limit
- Idle stop
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
- Together Sandbox: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000
- Together Sandbox: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
- Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
- Together Sandbox: Not listed
- Snapshots
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
- Together Sandbox:
- Pause and resume
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:
- Together Sandbox: No
Developer
- SDKs
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
- Together Sandbox: Not listed
Trust
- License
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
- Together Sandbox: Not listed
- BYOC
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
- Together Sandbox: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
Together Sandbox
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
- Together Sandbox: $0.074
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
- Together Sandbox: $0.149
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492
- Together Sandbox: $0.298
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when
- You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
- You need pause and resume.
Together Sandbox fits when
- You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.246 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need snapshots.
- You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.
- You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.
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