Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Daytona

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs 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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Daytona

Stateful sandboxes that boot from OCI-compliant images.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $200 credit
Max session: No limit

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What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Daytona

Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; Daytona: Container
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP

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

Daytonadaytona.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: $0.0162
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: $200 credit
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: No limit
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Daytona: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Daytona

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Daytona: $0.331

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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.

Daytona fits when

You need GPUs.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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