Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Buddy Sandboxes

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 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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Buddy Sandboxes

Persistent Linux VMs that AI agents create and control through an API, SDK, CLI or MCP.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $1 of usage credit every month
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

Buddy Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code; Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Buddy Sandboxesbuddy.works/docs/basics/billing-and-usage/gbminbuddy.works

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Buddy Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code; Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Buddy Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173

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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.

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.086 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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