Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Mosaic Sandbox

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Mosaic Sandbox costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Mosaic Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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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Mosaic Sandbox

Linux microVM sandboxes for coding agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Mosaic Sandbox profile

What is different

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

Field

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Mosaic Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Mosaic Sandboxsandbox.mosaicos.com/pricingsandbox.mosaicos.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; Mosaic Sandbox:
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; Mosaic Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Mosaic Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Mosaic Sandbox: $0.050
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Mosaic Sandbox: $0.100

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Mosaic Sandbox fits when

You use LangChain or MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.050 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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