Novita Sandbox vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 3 hours. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
Max session
3 hours

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Novita Sandbox
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Novita Sandbox:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Novita Sandbox
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.233
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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