Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs microsandbox cloud

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. microsandbox cloud 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

microsandbox cloud

Hosted microVM sandboxes for AI agents and untrusted code.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session: Not listed

Visit site microsandbox cloud profile

What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

microsandbox cloud

Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; microsandbox cloud: MicroVM

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

microsandbox cloudmicrosandbox.dev/pricingmicrosandbox.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
GPU: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: No
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud:
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: No

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

microsandbox cloud

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: $0.330

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

microsandbox cloud fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You need snapshots.

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