Sailboxes vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Sailboxes
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Sailboxes: $0.015
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.008
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Sailboxes: $0.0007 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
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing
Sailboxes: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox
Sailboxes: 8 vCPU · 256 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation
Sailboxes: Full VM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations
Sailboxes: Claude Code
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sailboxes: $0.015
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.008
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Sailboxes: $0.0007 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
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Sailboxes: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Sailboxes: No limit
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Sailboxes: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sailboxes: 8 vCPU · 256 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation
Sailboxes: Full VM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Sailboxes: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Sailboxes:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Sailboxes:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Sailboxes: Claude Code
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Sailboxes: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Sailboxes: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sailboxes
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sailboxes: $0.031
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sailboxes: $0.062
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sailboxes: $0.124
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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