Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Cloudflare Sandbox

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

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

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes fits when

  • You need pause and resume.

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.180 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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