Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Blaxel

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Blaxel runs microVMs 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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Blaxel

Sandboxes that pause when idle and resume with state.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Credit of up to $200
Max session: No limit

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What is different

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

Field

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Blaxel

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Blaxel: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Blaxel: $0.0414
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Blaxel: Memory only
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Blaxel: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Blaxel: $0.0414
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Blaxel: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Blaxel: Memory only

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Blaxel: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Blaxel

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Blaxel: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Blaxel: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Blaxel: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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