Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs StateSet Sandbox

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor 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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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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.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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