Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Thunder Sandboxes

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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

Visit site Azure Container Apps Sandboxes profile

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolated, short-lived sandboxes for agents, GPU optional.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Thunder Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Thunder Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Thunder Sandboxesthundercompute.com/pricingthundercompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Thunder Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes fits when

You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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