Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Northflank Sandboxes

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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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Northflank Sandboxes

MicroVM sandboxes for running untrusted code.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Northflank Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Northflank Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Northflank Sandboxesnorthflank.com/pricingnorthflank.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Northflank Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes fits when

You need snapshots.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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