SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes vs Unikraft Cloud

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs. Unikraft Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

Unikraft Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Hobby plan, free forever
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
Unikraft Cloud
Free tier
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24
Isolation
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Storage
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Free tier
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Billing
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Limits

Max session
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24

Platform

Isolation
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
GPU
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud:
Snapshots
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Unikraft Cloud:
Pause and resume
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Unikraft Cloud:

Developer

SDKs
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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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 use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Unikraft Cloud fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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