Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs boat

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. boat runs full VMs 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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boat

Persistent Ubuntu VMs with SSH, Docker and a desktop.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free trial with 25 hours
Max session: No limit

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What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

boat

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; boat: $0.009
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; boat: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; boat: Free
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; boat: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; boat: Full VM
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

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

boatdocs.boat.dev/pricingdocs.boat.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; boat: $0.009
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; boat: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; boat: Free
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boat: Free trial with 25 hours
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boat: $20 / month
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; boat: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boat: No limit
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boat: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boat: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; boat: Full VM
GPU: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boat: No
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; boat:
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; boat:

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boat: MCP

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boat: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boat: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

boat

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; boat: $0.009
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; boat: $0.018
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; boat: $0.036

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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.

boat fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.018 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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