Sandbox0 vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sandbox0

Long-running agent sandboxes with durable storage.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: $5 credit, one time
Max session: No limit

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SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolated microVMs for AI agents that fork from a saved snapshot, part of SF Compute Autoresearch.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: None
Max session: Not listed

Visit site SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Sandbox0

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

RAM, per GiB-hour: Sandbox0: $0.015; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Sandbox0: $0.02 per GiB-month for retained RootFS changes and memory checkpoints. Shared base images are free; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Sandbox0: $5 credit, one time; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Concurrent sandboxes: Sandbox0: Up to 20; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation: Sandbox0: gVisor; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations: Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

Sandbox0sandbox0.ai/pricingsandbox0.ai

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Sandbox0: Included; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Sandbox0: $0.015; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Sandbox0: $0.02 per GiB-month for retained RootFS changes and memory checkpoints. Shared base images are free; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Sandbox0: $5 credit, one time; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Sandbox0: Pay as you go; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Sandbox0: Memory only; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Sandbox0: No limit; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Sandbox0: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Sandbox0: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Sandbox0: Up to 20; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: Sandbox0: gVisor; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Sandbox0: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Sandbox0:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Sandbox0:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Sandbox0: Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Sandbox0: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Sandbox0: No; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Sandbox0

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Sandbox0: $0.030; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Sandbox0: $0.060; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Sandbox0: $0.120; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandbox0 fits when

You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want to start without paying.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP or Claude Code.

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