Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs boxes.dev

boxes.dev costs $0.1875 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs.

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

boxes.dev

Cloud computers for Claude Code and Codex.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Max session: Not listed

Visit site boxes.dev profile

What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

boxes.dev

Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; boxes.dev: Up to 10

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

boxes.devboxes.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: $0.1875
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: Not listed
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: Trial, $0, 20 hours of compute included
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: $19 / month
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; boxes.dev: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; boxes.dev: Not listed
GPU: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: Not listed
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev:
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev:

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: Not listed
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; boxes.dev: Not listed

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

boxes.dev

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: $0.188
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: $0.375
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; boxes.dev: $0.750

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

You use LangChain.

boxes.dev fits when

You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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