Sandock vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 8 hours. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 8 hours

Visit site Sandock profile

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

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

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Sandock

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Paid plan from: Sandock: $5 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox: Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Sandock: Up to 150; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation: Sandock: Container; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations: Sandock: MCP; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Sandocksandock.ai/pricing

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Sandock: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Sandock: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Sandock: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Sandock: None; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Sandock: $5 / month; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Sandock: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Sandock: 8 hours; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Sandock: After 30 minutes; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Sandock: Up to 150; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: Sandock: Container; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Sandock: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Sandock: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Sandock:; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Sandock: TypeScript; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: Sandock: MCP; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Sandock: MIT; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Sandock

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Sandock: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Sandock: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Sandock: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandock fits when

You want an open-source platform (MIT) that you can self-host.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use Claude Code.
You need snapshots.

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