Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Hugging Face Sandboxes

Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

Visit site Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions profile

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolated cloud machines for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Hugging Face Sandboxes profile

What is different

No published field differs between Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions and Hugging Face Sandboxes.

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Hugging Face Sandboxeshuggingface.co/docs/hub/jobs-pricinghuggingface.co

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Hugging Face Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

You use LangChain.

Hugging Face Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.

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