Sendblue Sandboxes vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolated cloud Linux machines that AI agents control over an HTTP API.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Sendblue Sandboxes 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

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vCPU, per hour: Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Sendblue Sandboxes: Included; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Free tier: Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing: Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox: Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation: Sendblue Sandboxes: Container; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Pause and resume: Sendblue Sandboxes: No; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Full comparison

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Sendblue Sandboxessendblue.com/sandboxessendblue.com

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Sendblue Sandboxes: Included; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Sendblue Sandboxes: 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: Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: Sendblue Sandboxes: Container; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Sendblue Sandboxes: No; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Sendblue Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sendblue Sandboxes fits when

You want to start without paying.
You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP or Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.183 against $0.330 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

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