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Minicor alternative for persistent agent runtime state

Minicor builds API-callable automations for legacy applications across desktops, virtual machines and browsers. It offers customer-hosted or provider-hosted deployment, persistent authentication sessions and run evidence. Those integration capabilities are different from a general-purpose durable agent computer.

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Reviewed 2026-10-19 · Published by the Sandbox0 team

When Minicor Legacy Application Automation fits

Choose Minicor when a legacy application needs a maintained automation/API connection, including workflow verification, approvals and observability. Keep the required Windows desktop and native application environment on suitable infrastructure.

When to consider Sandbox0

Consider Sandbox0 for the compatible Linux agent that orchestrates integrations and accumulates installed tools, system configuration and files. Its durable growing RootFS and supported paused files serve the runtime state alongside specialized application automation.

Capabilities

Minicor Legacy Application Automation and Sandbox0: what persists?

Feature comparison with documentation and verification status
Environment and runtime lifetimeMinicor Legacy Application AutomationNot established in this reviewSandbox0ttl and hard_ttl default to 0 (disabled). Configure idle pause and deletion policies for the same persistent sandbox identity; an idle running sandbox still accrues compute charges.Read documentation →
Persistent filesMinicor Legacy Application AutomationPersistent application/authentication sessions are documented; underlying machine storage/retention depends on deployment terms.View evidence ↗Sandbox0The writable RootFS survives successful checkpoints, including software, system configuration, dependencies, and user data.Read documentation →
Whole RootFSMinicor Legacy Application AutomationThe integration platform does not publish a general complete writable OS retention contract in the cited material.View evidence ↗Sandbox0Persistence extends beyond /workspace to paths such as /usr/local, /etc, and /home. Runtime tmpfs and virtual filesystems are excluded.Read documentation →
Release compute, keep stateMinicor Legacy Application AutomationPersistent login sessions do not establish memory-preserving compute release/resume.View evidence ↗Sandbox0Pause compute between tasks; resume on available capacity. Default resume starts fresh processes from the saved filesystem.Read documentation →
Memory and process stateMinicor Legacy Application AutomationWorkflow replays and session evidence do not establish arbitrary live-process/RAM checkpoints.View evidence ↗Sandbox0Experimental memory checkpoints can preserve compatible process state. Use memory: true on both pause and resume on a compatible deployment. A filesystem checkpoint alone does not preserve running processes.Read documentation →

Online RootFS growth

On growth-enabled images, Sandbox0 automatically expands the writable RootFS as free space runs low, within a configured sparse logical ceiling up to 64 TiB. Agent processes keep running. Growth is enabled in the qualified Cloud region; confirm activation for other regions. Existing images and snapshots retain their captured storage geometry. The ceiling is logical capacity, not preallocated host disk.

Minicor’s application integrations and persistent login sessions do not establish automatic online expansion of an entire durable machine RootFS. That depends on the selected desktop/VM/browser backend and its storage contract.

Files while compute is paused

Sandbox0's Files API reads persistent files without resuming compute. Filesystem-only pauses also permit edits; retained-memory pauses are read-only and reject mutations with 409. SSH, SFTP, file watching, and runtime-only mounts require running compute.

API-callable desktop/app workflows and stored run evidence are different from arbitrary file operations throughout a paused OS filesystem. The cited product does not define that native paused-file contract.

See paused file operations →

Authentication sessions have a specific meaning

Minicor lists persistent sessions with login handling, MFA and credential vaulting. That supports repeated access to an application; it does not by itself specify complete OS-disk retention or process-memory recovery when a desktop/VM is released.

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Hosting follows the integration deployment

Current documentation runs jobs through Minicor Desktop Service on a Windows machine, provisioned through Minicor or supplied in your own environment. The platform can target desktop, VM, browser and Citrix workflows, while machine lifecycle and retained application data follow that deployment. Keep native Windows requirements separate from Linux agent orchestration.

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Obtain the integration and infrastructure quote together

The product describes bespoke integrations and requests a demo rather than publishing numeric compute or workflow rates. Confirm workload volume, concurrency, support and hosting scope in the engagement. Persistent app login is not a free durable machine entitlement.

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Pricing

Compare billing models, then price your workload

CPU allocation, memory, billing minimums, disk, plan fees, and supported workload differ. These meters are not equal-performance machine quotes. Confirm region, resource units, and included allowances before estimating a total.

Minicor Legacy Application Automation

Pricing reviewed 2026-10-19

Integration/automation service
Custom deployment/workflow quote
No public numeric per-run or per-machine tariff is established here.
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Hosted or customer-owned environment
Confirm infrastructure scope and costs
Selected desktop/VM/browser backend, retention, application access and support affect the total.
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Confirm whether the quote includes hosting, licenses, storage, integration maintenance and execution volume. Do not treat missing numeric pricing as a free plan or compare a bespoke integration fee directly with a Linux memory-hour meter.

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Sandbox0

$0.015/GiB-hour compute (billed by the second at approximately $0.000004167/GiB-second), plus $0.02/GiB-month of retained incremental RootFS and memory checkpoint data. Shared base images and platform recovery retention are excluded; paused sandboxes accrue storage charges only.

Compute / GiB-hour
$0.015
Retained data / GiB-month
$0.02
Paused compute
$0.00

A 4 GiB agent, 100 running hours

$6.00 compute

4 GiB × 100 hours, billed by the second. Keeping 20 GiB of billable incremental data for a full billing month adds $0.40. CPU is derived from memory by the platform; choose a tier that fits your workload.

Understand storage billing →

Before migrating from Minicor Legacy Application Automation

  1. Inventory integrations, native applications, hosting ownership, login/session behavior, retained data and the actual commercial engagement.
  2. Move compatible Linux orchestration and required files while retaining legacy application execution on its supported backend.
  3. Test result handoff, persistent tools, growth, paused files and complete integration, hosting and Linux runtime/storage costs.

Common questions

Is Sandbox0 a drop-in Minicor Legacy Application Automation replacement?

Evaluate API compatibility and product scope. These products serve different core workflows, so a change may require a different architecture.

Does keeping files also keep a running agent?

Filesystem state and volatile process state are separate. Sandbox0 requires explicit compatible memory checkpoints to preserve running processes; its default filesystem resume starts fresh processes.

Sources and review scope

The Boat team's Battleships directory is the discovery source. References below describe the product and plan discussed on this page. Check current availability, regional terms and billing units before migrating. Where the cited material does not establish a capability or price, the comparison identifies that uncertainty.

Battleships research record ↗minicor.com/ ↗docs.minicor.com/ ↗Sandbox0 RootFS capacity →

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