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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs DigitalOcean MicroVMs

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteAzure Container Apps dynamic sessions profile

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteDigitalOcean MicroVMs profile

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessionsazure.microsoft.com
DigitalOcean MicroVMsdocs.digitalocean.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Free tier
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs:

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
DigitalOcean MicroVMs
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156

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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.

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

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

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