Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Beam Sandboxes

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolated microVM sandboxes that start on demand.

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

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Beam Sandboxes

Cloud sandboxes for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

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What is different

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

Field

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Beam Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Beam Sandboxes: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Beam Sandboxesbeam.cloud/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Beam Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Beam Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Beam Sandboxes: $0.114
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Beam Sandboxes: $0.227
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Beam Sandboxes: $0.454

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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 want the lower list price: $0.216 against $0.227 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Beam Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

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