Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Celesto Cloud

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Celesto Cloud 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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Celesto Cloud

Cloud computers for AI agents, each in a microVM.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Celesto Cloud

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Celesto Cloud: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Celesto Cloud: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Celesto Cloud: Free
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Celesto Cloudcelesto.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Celesto Cloud: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Celesto Cloud: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Celesto Cloud: Free
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Celesto Cloud: Up to 10

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Celesto Cloud

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Celesto Cloud: $0.015
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Celesto Cloud: $0.030
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Celesto Cloud: $0.060

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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