Anthropic Code Execution vs Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Anthropic Code Execution

Isolation
Container
Free tier
1,550 free hours per month
Max session
Not listed

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Anthropic Code Execution
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
RAM, per GiB-hour
Anthropic Code Execution: Included
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Storage
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Free tier
Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Anthropic Code Execution: Container
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Anthropic Code Execution:
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Anthropic Code Execution
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Anthropic Code Execution fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.100 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1 vCPU · 5 GiB.

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