Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Prime Sandboxes

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit.

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes fits when

  • You need pause and resume.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 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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