Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs RemoteHost

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

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

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
RemoteHost: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

RemoteHost fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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