Runloop vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Runloop runs microVMs. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Runloop
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Runloop: $0.108
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.0252
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Runloop: $50 credit
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing
Runloop: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Integrations
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Runloop: $0.108
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.0252
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Runloop: $50 credit
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
Runloop: Pay as you go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Runloop: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Runloop: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Runloop: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Runloop: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Runloop: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Runloop
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Runloop: $0.158
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Runloop: $0.317
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runloop: $0.634
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Runloop fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.183 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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