Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Namespace Devboxes

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Namespace Devboxes 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

Visit site Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions profile

Namespace Devboxes

Dev environments for AI coding agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: 30-day free trial
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Namespace Devboxes profile

What is different

1 field differs. The rest are the same or not listed.

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Namespace Devboxes

Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Namespace Devboxesnamespace.so/pricingnamespace.so

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600; Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain; Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Namespace Devboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed; Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

You use LangChain.

Namespace Devboxes fits when

You use Claude Code.
You need pause and resume.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need SOC 2.

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