Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs boxd

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. boxd runs microVMs.

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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boxd

Persistent Linux machines for devs and AI agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $30 credit with a payment method
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

boxd

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; boxd: $0.047
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; boxd: $0.014
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; boxd: TypeScript, Python

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

boxdboxd.sh/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; boxd: $0.047
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; boxd: $0.014
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; boxd: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; boxd: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; boxd: Custom plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

boxd

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; boxd: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; boxd: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; boxd: $0.300

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Which one fits

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boxd fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.150 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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