Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Tenki Sandbox

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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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Tenki Sandbox

Disposable Linux VMs for AI agents, driven by SDK or CLI.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $100 credit, one time
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Tenki Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

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

Tenki Sandboxtenki.cloud/pricingtenki.cloud

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
GPU: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; Tenki Sandbox:
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; Tenki Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: MCP

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Tenki Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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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.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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