Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs ix

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. ix runs full VMs.

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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ix

Cloud VMs with up to 100 vCPUs, billed by usage.

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

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What is different

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

Field

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; ix: Up to 100
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; ix: MCP

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

ixix.dev/docs/pricingix.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: $0.0288
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: $0.0108
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; ix: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; ix: MCP

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: $0.101
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; ix: $0.202

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

You use LangChain.

ix fits when

You use MCP.
You need snapshots.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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