SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes vs Tenki Sandbox

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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

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Tenki Sandbox

Disposable Linux VMs for AI agents, driven by SDK or CLI.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $100 credit, one time ($50 at sign-up, $50 when you add a payment method)
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Tenki Sandbox profile

What is different

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SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Tenki Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage; Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None; Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time ($50 at sign-up, $50 when you add a payment method)
Paid plan from: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only; Tenki Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096; Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
Isolation: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM; Tenki Sandbox: Full VM

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage; Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None; Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time ($50 at sign-up, $50 when you add a payment method)
Paid plan from: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only; Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096; Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Tenki Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Tenki Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091; Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183; Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366; Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

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 want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want to start without paying.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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