Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Morph

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Morph costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Morph 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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Morph

Snapshot, branch and restore whole machines.

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

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What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Morph

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Morph: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Morph: Included
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Morph: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Morph: Full VM
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Morph: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Morphcloud.morph.so/web/subscribecloud.morph.so

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Morph: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Morph: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Morph: Not listed
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Morph: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Morph: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Morph: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Morph: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Morph: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Morph: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Morph: Up to 128

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Morph: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Morph: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Morph

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Morph: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Morph: $0.100
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Morph: $0.200

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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.

Morph fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.100 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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