Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Upstash Box

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Upstash Box

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Upstash Box: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432
Upstash Box: $0.400

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.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You use LangChain, the Vercel AI SDK or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.200 against $0.216 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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