Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs CoreWeave Sandboxes

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
CoreWeave Sandboxes
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
Storage
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
Free tier
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
CoreWeave Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682

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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.

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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