Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Hugging Face Sandboxes

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

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Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolated cloud machines for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Hugging Face Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Hugging Face Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Hugging Face Sandboxeshuggingface.co/docs/hub/jobs-pricinghuggingface.co

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes:
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Hugging Face Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020

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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.

Hugging Face Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.010 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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