Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs Vercel Sandbox

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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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Vercel Sandbox

Isolated Linux microVMs for running untrusted code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 5 CPU-hours every month
Max session: 24 hours

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What is different

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Vercel Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

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

Vercel Sandboxvercel.com/docs/sandbox/pricingvercel.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Vercel Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.216 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or Claude Code.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

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