Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Sandbox0

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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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Sandbox0

Long-running agent sandboxes with durable storage.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

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What is different

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

Field

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Sandbox0

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Sandbox0: Free
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Sandbox0: Memory only
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Sandbox0sandbox0.ai/pricingsandbox0.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Sandbox0: Free
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; Sandbox0:
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Sandbox0

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Sandbox0: $0.120

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

Sandbox0 fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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