Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs boat

boat costs $0.009 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. boat runs full VMs 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

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boat

Persistent Ubuntu VMs with SSH, Docker and a desktop.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free trial with 25 hours
Max session: No limit

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What is different

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

Field

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

boat

Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; boat: Up to 2,000
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; boat: MCP

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

boatdocs.boat.dev/pricingdocs.boat.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: $0.009
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: Free
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: Free trial with 25 hours
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: $20 / month
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: No limit
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; boat: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; boat: Full VM
GPU: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: No
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat:
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat:

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; boat: MCP

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

boat

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: $0.009
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: $0.018
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boat: $0.036

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

You use LangChain.

boat fits when

You use MCP.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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