Agent Sandbox vs Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Agent Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session
Not listed

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

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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