Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Modal

Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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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Modal

Serverless compute with sandboxes and GPUs.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: $30 credit every month
Max session: 24 hours

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What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Modal

Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; Modal: gVisor
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: $0.024012
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: $30 credit every month
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: Per second

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: 24 hours
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Modal: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Modal

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Modal: $0.476

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.

Modal fits when

You need GPUs.
You use the Claude Agent SDK or Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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