Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Containarium Cloud

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Containarium Cloud costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Containarium Cloud runs containers.

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

Visit site Azure Container Apps Sandboxes profile

Containarium Cloud

Hosted Linux boxes for AI agents, reached over SSH.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Free tier
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Containarium Cloud profile

What is different

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

Field

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Containarium Cloud

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Containarium Cloud: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Containarium Cloud: Included
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Containarium Cloud: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Containarium Cloudcontainarium.dev/llms.txtcontainarium.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Containarium Cloud: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Containarium Cloud: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Containarium Cloud: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Containarium Cloud: MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Containarium Cloud

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Containarium Cloud: $0.020
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Containarium Cloud: $0.040
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Containarium Cloud: $0.080

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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.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

Containarium Cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.040 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need ISO 27001.

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