Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs Northflank Sandboxes

Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
Northflank Sandboxes
Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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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.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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