Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Islo Sandboxes

Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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

Islo Sandboxes

Persistent microVM computers for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Starting credit, no card required
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Islo Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Islo Sandboxes

Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Islo Sandboxesislo.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Islo Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

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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.

Islo Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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