Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Sendblue Sandboxes

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers.

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Sendblue Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
GPU
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Sendblue Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660

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.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.216 against $0.330 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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