SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes vs StateSet Sandbox

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

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

StateSet Sandbox

Sandboxes for AI agents, one Kubernetes pod each, with gVisor isolation.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: $25 trial credit, no card
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site StateSet Sandbox profile

What is different

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SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

StateSet Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included; StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572; StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None; StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Billing: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only; StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096; StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM; StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
Integrations: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

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SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

StateSet Sandboxsandbox.stateset.app/pricingsandbox.stateset.app

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included; StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572; StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage; StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None; StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go; StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only; StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096; StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

StateSet Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091; StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183; StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366; StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

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

StateSet Sandbox fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want to start without paying.

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