Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Collimate

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Collimate costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Collimate runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 15, 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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Collimate

Live-fork microVM sandboxes for RL post-training and coding agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Demo key, free with no card
Max session: 24 hours

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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

Collimate

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Collimate: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Collimate: $0.012
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Collimate: $0.10 per GB-month while a sandbox is suspended
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Collimate: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Collimate: Python
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code; Collimate: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Collimatecollimate.ai/pricingcollimate.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Collimate: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Collimate: $0.012
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Collimate: $0.10 per GB-month while a sandbox is suspended
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Collimate: Demo key, free with no card
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Collimate: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Collimate: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Collimate: 24 hours
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Collimate: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Collimate: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Collimate: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Collimate: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Collimate: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Collimate

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Collimate: $0.064
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Collimate: $0.128
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Collimate: $0.256

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Which one fits

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Collimate fits when

You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.128 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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