Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs CreateOS Sandbox

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
CreateOS Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
CreateOS Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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