SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes vs Together Sandbox

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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

Together Sandbox

Isolated runtime environments for code from AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Together Sandbox profile

What is different

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

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SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Together Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included; Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572; Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Largest sandbox: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM; Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Pause and resume: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:; Together Sandbox: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Together Sandboxtogether.ai/pricingtogether.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included; Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572; Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage; Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None; Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only; Together Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Together Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096; Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM; Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Together Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:; Together Sandbox:
Pause and resume: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:; Together Sandbox: No

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Together Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091; Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183; Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366; Together Sandbox: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You use MCP or Claude Code.
You need pause and resume.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Together Sandbox fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.
You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

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