Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Beam Sandboxes

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Isolated sandbox sessions for running code on Azure.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions profile

Beam Sandboxes

Cloud sandboxes for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Beam Sandboxes profile

What is different

1 field differs. The rest are the same or not listed.

Field

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Beam Sandboxes

Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; Beam Sandboxes: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessionsazure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/container-appsazure.microsoft.com

Beam Sandboxesbeam.cloud/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; Beam Sandboxes: Container
GPU: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes:
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Beam Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: $0.114
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: $0.227
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Beam Sandboxes: $0.454

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use LangChain.

Beam Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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