Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Lizard Sandboxes

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs 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

Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
Lizard Sandboxes
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
Lizard Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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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.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

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

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