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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Prized Sandboxes

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed
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Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours
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What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Azure Container Apps Sandboxessandboxes.azure.com
Prized Sandboxesprized.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: No
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Prized Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.130 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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