Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs.

Updated

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

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.

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
GPU
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Integrations
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

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.

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

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

More comparisons

See all comparisons

Related