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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs BoxCompute

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours.

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteAzure Container Apps Sandboxes profile

BoxCompute

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Max session
42 hours
Visit siteBoxCompute profile

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
BoxCompute
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
BoxCompute: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
BoxCompute: Included
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
BoxCompute: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Azure Container Apps Sandboxessandboxes.azure.com
BoxComputeboxcompute.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
BoxCompute: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
BoxCompute: Included
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
BoxCompute: Not listed
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxCompute: Not listed
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxCompute: 42 hours
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxCompute: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxCompute: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
BoxCompute
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
BoxCompute: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
BoxCompute: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
BoxCompute: $0.400

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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 need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB.

BoxCompute fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.200 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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