Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs inis.run

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. inis.run runs full VMs 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

inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
inis.run
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
inis.run: Up to 10
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: Included
Storage
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: No
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run:
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

inis.run fits when

  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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