Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs ix

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. ix 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

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ix

Cloud VMs with up to 100 vCPUs, billed by usage.

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

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What is different

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

Field

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; ix: $0.0288
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; ix: Full VM
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust

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

ixix.dev/docs/pricingix.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; ix: $0.0108
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: MCP

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; ix: $0.202

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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 pause and resume.

ix fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.101 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.

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