AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs.

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

1 field differs. The rest are the same or not listed.

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Free tier
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Paid plan from
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed

Limits

Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Idle stop
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600

Platform

Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
GPU
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Snapshots
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Pause and resume
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Integrations
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain

Trust

License
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
BYOC
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when

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

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use LangChain.

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