Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs CreateOS Sandbox

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
CreateOS Sandbox
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Storage
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
CreateOS Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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