AgentBay vs Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

AgentBay

Cloud sandboxes for browser, desktop, mobile and code.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Free Basic plan
Max session: Not listed

Visit site AgentBay profile

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolated microVM sandboxes that start on demand.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Azure Container Apps Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

AgentBay

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: AgentBay: $0.027; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
RAM, per GiB-hour: AgentBay: $0.0113; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Storage: AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Largest sandbox: AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation: AgentBay: Container; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs: AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

AgentBayalibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructionsalibabacloud.com

Azure Container Apps Sandboxessandboxes.azure.com/docs/sandboxes/costsandboxes.azure.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AgentBay: $0.027; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
RAM, per GiB-hour: AgentBay: $0.0113; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Storage: AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Free tier: AgentBay: Free Basic plan; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: AgentBay: Pay as you go; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: AgentBay: Per second; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: AgentBay: Not listed; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: AgentBay: Not listed; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: AgentBay: Up to 200; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: AgentBay: Container; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: AgentBay: Not listed; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: AgentBay: Not listed; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: AgentBay: Not listed; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: AgentBay: MCP; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: AgentBay: Not listed; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: AgentBay: Not listed; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AgentBay

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AgentBay: $0.050; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AgentBay: $0.099; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AgentBay: $0.198; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.099 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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