Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs BoxLite Cloud

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs.

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

BoxLite Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$100 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
BoxLite Cloud: No
SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
BoxLite Cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
GPU
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
BoxLite Cloud: No
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
BoxLite Cloud:

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go
Integrations
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BoxLite Cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
BoxLite Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
BoxLite Cloud: $0.317

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes fits when

  • You need snapshots.

BoxLite Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.158 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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