Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs exe.dev

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. exe.dev runs full VMs.

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

exe.dev

Disposable VMs for AI agents, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session: Not listed

Visit site exe.dev profile

What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

exe.dev

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; exe.dev: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; exe.dev: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; exe.dev: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

exe.devexe.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; exe.dev: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; exe.dev: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; exe.dev: $15 / month
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; exe.dev: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; exe.dev: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; exe.dev: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; exe.dev: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; exe.dev: Full VM
GPU: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; exe.dev: Not listed
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; exe.dev: Not listed
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; exe.dev: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; exe.dev: Not listed
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; exe.dev: Claude Code

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; exe.dev: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; exe.dev: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

exe.dev

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; exe.dev: $0.053
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; exe.dev: $0.105
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; exe.dev: $0.210

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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.

exe.dev fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.105 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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