Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Mosaic Sandbox

Mosaic Sandbox costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Mosaic Sandbox runs Firecracker 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

Mosaic Sandbox

Linux microVM sandboxes for coding agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Mosaic Sandbox profile

What is different

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

Field

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Mosaic Sandbox

Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Mosaic Sandboxsandbox.mosaicos.com/pricingsandbox.mosaicos.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM; Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox:
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Mosaic Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: $0.050
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Mosaic Sandbox: $0.100

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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.

Mosaic Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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