Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs.

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

Visit site Azure Container Apps Sandboxes profile

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Lightweight virtual machines that run a container image in their own kernel and pause when idle.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site DigitalOcean MicroVMs profile

What is different

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

Field

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

DigitalOcean MicroVMsdocs.digitalocean.com/products/microvms/details/pricingdocs.digitalocean.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes fits when

You use Claude Code.

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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