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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Freestyle VMs

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs.

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteAzure Container Apps Sandboxes profile

Freestyle VMs

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Free plan, $0 forever
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteFreestyle VMs profile

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Freestyle VMs
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Azure Container Apps Sandboxessandboxes.azure.com
Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Freestyle VMs: Per second

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
GPU
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Freestyle VMs:
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Freestyle VMs:

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Freestyle VMs
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
Freestyle VMs: $0.264

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

Freestyle VMs fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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