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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Namespace Devboxes

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Namespace Devboxes 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

Namespace Devboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
30-day free trial
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteNamespace Devboxes profile

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Azure Container Apps Sandboxessandboxes.azure.com
Namespace Devboxesnamespace.so

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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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.

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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