Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Buddy Sandboxes

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 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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Buddy Sandboxes

Persistent Linux VMs that AI agents create and control through an API, SDK, CLI or MCP.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $1 of usage credit every month
Max session: No limit

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What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Buddy Sandboxes

Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

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

Buddy Sandboxesbuddy.works/docs/basics/billing-and-usage/gbminbuddy.works

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Buddy Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

You use LangChain.

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

You use MCP or Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.
You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

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