Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
Integrations
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Claude Code

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.126 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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